In a bold step toward sustainable space travel, scientists are engineering a radically small, protein-rich rice that can grow ...

Might sinuous ridges carved out across the ancient highlands of Mars hold the secret to a vanished age of rivers and rain on the Red Planet? Over 15,000 kilometers of such fluvial sinuous ridges, or ...

Dark “slope streaks,” likely resulting from dust avalanches, stretch across an area of Mars called Acheron Fossae in this ...

Italian confectioner Ferrero, known for brands like Nutella and Kinder, is buying the century-old U.S. cereal company WK ...

Curiosity stitched 291 Mastcam photos into a color-balanced 360° panorama of Gale Crater’s “boxwork” ridges—spiderweb-like ...

Scientists developed living materials that turn Martian dust into structures using synthetic lichens. This innovation enables ...

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.

If humans are ever going to live beyond Earth, they'll need to construct habitats. But transporting enough industrial ...

The idea of living on Mars has long been a captivating dream. Science fiction has shown us incredible visions of Martian colonies. But before we can pack our bags, there’s a colossal construction ...

Terraforming Mars with rapid warming particles or gases could enable plants to start growing within 40 years.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) pollution drives climate change, warming the planet and threatening human survival. Plants naturally turn CO₂ into oxygen (O₂) during photosynthesis, but their ...

But could they begin again? What would it take to grow plants to feed future astronauts on Mars? In science fiction, it isn’t much of a problem. Matt Damon’s character in the 2015 movie The ...