Silica aerogel could warm the Martian surface similar to the way greenhouse gasses keep Earth warm People have long dreamed of re-shaping the Martian climate to make it livable for humans. C... Read more
Science fiction stories are chock full of terraforming schemes and oxygen generators for a very good reason—we humans need molecular oxygen (O2) to breathe, and space is essentially devoid o... Read more
Given the right circumstances, water on Mars could hold more oxygen than previously believed, theoretically enough to support aerobic respiration A team led by scientists at Caltech and the... Read more
Science fiction writers have long featured terraforming, the process of creating an Earth-like or habitable environment on another planet, in their stories. Scientists themselves have propos... Read more
Without water, no form of life as we know it could exist. There is therefore great interest in detecting liquid water on other planets of our Solar System. Landforms such as dry river valley... Read more
Plasma technology could hold the key to creating a sustainable oxygen supply on Mars, a new study has found. It suggests that Mars, with its 96 per cent carbon dioxide atmosphere, has nearly... Read more
Lava tubes, underground caves created by volcanic activity, could provide protected habitats large enough to house streets on Mars or even towns on the Moon, according to research presented... Read more
The second experiment on how to grow crops on Mars and moon soil simulant have given a surprising outcome. As a result of what the researchers of Wageningen University & Research centre... Read more
For a piloted mission to Mars, fueling up on the moon could streamline cargo by 68 percent Launching humans to Mars may not require a full tank of gas: A new MIT study suggests that a Martia... Read more
By opening up the possibility of economical asteroid water mining , the electric solar wind sail (E-sail, www.electric-sailing.fi) enables frequent and affordable manned Mars flights The E-s... Read more
Martian colonists could use an innovative new technique to harvest energy from carbon dioxide thanks to research pioneered at Northumbria and Edinburgh Universities. The technique, which has... Read more
A project by students from The University of Western Australia and Mars One astronaut candidate Josh Richards has reached the finals of an international competition to land vital experiments... Read more