Mars dust is known to contain various carcinogens, such as silica and numerous heavy metals. How will future astronauts mitigate the health risks?

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA’s JPL) has tested a lightweight radar antenna designed for the future SkyFall Mars ...

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Early prototypes of the SpaceX Starship super-capsule that Italy is chartering to speed its spaceflight and biotech experiments to Mars (Marie D. De Jesús/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) With its ...

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Elon Musk believes a Mars colony can protect humanity from global disasters. He argues the vast distance offers a crucial ...

NASA is treating food as mission-critical hardware for Mars, designing future habitats where crops grow alongside life-support systems instead of arriving only in cargo holds. The agency’s long-term ...

Although Musk recently explained on X that he first wanted to build a settlement on the Moon, this does not mean that he has abandoned the goal of colonizing Mars. He has merely postponed his original ...

Around the world, people watched NASA's Artemis II mission in awe as humans returned to lunar orbit for the first time since 1972. As a physician and space medicine researcher, I watched life aboard ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Images of the eight skylights opening up into possible karstic caves in Hebrus Valles on Mars. . | Credit: Sharma et al (2025).