Are human spacecraft, landers, rovers and other space-exploration debris little more than trash littering the surface of Mars, or the modern equivalent of Clovis points—treasured artifacts ...

bags of human waste, and other trash on the surface. Even unmanned missions, such as China's Chang'e 4 and NASA's many Mars rovers, have left dead plants, thermal blankets, and pieces of shielding ...

Dr. Solomon suggests that this could result in poorer vision as humans adapt to life in small, enclosed environments. While settling Mars remains a long-term goal, the evolutionary consequences ...

However, Dr. Scott Solomon, a biologist at Rice University, sees drastic mutations in humans born on Mars, potentially leading to green skin, weaker eyesight, and brittle bones due to radiation an ...

Colonizing Mars might be the best chance to ensure the human species survival in the future. In order to adapt to Mar’s hostile living conditions, our bodies will evolve in ways that might end ...

We have long been inspired by the idea that life could reside on Mars – human or otherwise. But fiction is getting closer to reality, says NASA’s former chief scientist, Jim Green.

Elon Musk wants to send humans to Mars to establish the first Martian cities. But Mars is big. It's a planet, after all. So where should we put the first cities? The North or South poles?