Three autonomous robots were sent into a volcanic lava tunnel in Lanzarote to simulate the exploration of underground tunnels on the Moon and Mars. A European mission highlights an innovative approach ...

Searching for past or present life on Mars is the sole driving force behind every mission we send to the red planet, from orbiters to landers to rovers. However, there remains a concern in the ...

Mars planners are increasingly treating ice not just as a resource to drink or split for rocket fuel, but as a structural material that could shape the first real neighborhoods on another world.

Life on Mars sounds like something from a "Doctor Who" episode. But a study published in the International Journal of Astrobiology challenges the science fiction notion of that idea. The research ...