UCF Professor Ramses Ramirez believes human exploration can greatly accelerate the search for life. "A human can react ...

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Moreover, Musk has long been an advocate for Mars colonization, citing it as humanity’s “life insurance” policy. In a separate interview in May 2025, Musk warned that Earth only has 10% of its life ...

Trump row, Silicon Valley founder Philip Low predicts his former friend will seek retaliation against the president.

Elon Musk’s vision to colonize Mars might sound like the plot of a science fiction novel, but it’s quickly becoming a reality. With his private space exploration company, SpaceX, Musk has set his ...

A Texas A&M research team has developed synthetic lichens that could be the answer to self-growing structures on Mars.

As humanity ventures deeper into space, one critical question looms large: how do we prevent Earth's microbes from contaminating other worlds? A new study published in Journal of The Royal Society ...

To address this, a Texas A&M University engineering professor collaborating with University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers ...

The dream of living on Mars has been around for decades, often featured in science fiction books and movies. But with successful Mars landings and continued exploration, scientists are now taking ...

Inhabiting Mars has long been a futuristic fantasy fueled by science fiction. However, successful landings over the past half ...

A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded on Wednesday night at the company’s Starbase facility in Texas during routine testing ahead ...