Let’s face it – you’ve thought about it at least once. Maybe twice. Maybe you were inspired by Katy Perry’s venture out to (not really) space, or loved Dune so much you want to swap your shoebox flat ...

Ever since humans gazed at the night sky, we’ve been drawn to that tiny reddish dot hovering above. Mars has captivated our imagination for generations, sparking countless questions about whether we ...

Astronauts train to scale a Mars volcano at an analogue site in France. Lava tubes that crisscross the Martian surface might provide sanctuaries for the first human explorers on the Red Planet. (Photo ...

Let's be real: You'll almost certainly never have an opportunity to step foot on another world like the moon or Mars. Heck, unless you have deep pockets, you probably won't even have a shot of leaving ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The greatest pitfall in the search for extraterrestrial life—according to science fiction, anyway—is foolhardy researchers somehow ...

NASA's 3D Printed Habitat Challenge suggests what life on other planets — including Mars — might look like. But "the colonization of other worlds will alter the very definition of what it means to be ...