There is no need to go to Mars to create an extraterrestrial colony (Letters, 28 December). Receive a weekly dose of discovery in your inbox! We'll also keep you up to date with New Scientist ...

Pioneers of Pagonia is a colony sim in which you ... with all the equipment you need to create a functional, happy city for colonists as you explore Mars’ dusty surface, searching for terrain ...

Molly Jennis (Terri Weagant) is the lonely astronaut in question. She’s embarked on an eight-month solo flight to Mars in the ...

SpaceX sent up its first test flight of the year for its Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Texas catching the booster for ...

SpaceX is ready to send up its first test flight of the year for its Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Texas, but delayed ...

Create a private lobby ... year 2100 and your primary objective is to make Mars suitable as a habitat for human beings. The reason is the degrading conditions of the earth. Players take on the role of ...

SpaceX is ready to send up its first test flight of the year for its Starship and Super Heavy rocket from Texas, but delayed it one day to Thursday, when the company will once again go for a booster ...

Keeping a Mars colony going as a useful backup for humanity would be astronomically expensive, and you would need to continue this for thousands of years, just on the off-chance of something truly ...

He emphasised that the goal is not merely planting flags on Mars but establishing a self-sustaining colony that can thrive independently of Earth. Musk outlined that a key milestone would be ...

The Red Planet reaches its best position all year this week on January 15. Here’s how and when to get out and see it.

Did you know that Mars at opposition is a special time when Earth and Mars are closest? This happens when Earth passes directly between Mars and the Sun. At this point, Mars appears larger and ...