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One Scientist Has a Plan to Send the Building Blocks of Life to Distant Exoplanets

Artist's depiction of a Moon colony.

New Discovery Raises Hope for Human Colonization of the Moon

A rocket heads to Mars.

All the Reasons Why Humans Shouldn’t Colonize Mars, According to Experts

Mark Watney sits on Mars in The Martian.

Author Of “The Martian” Says Colonizing Mars Is a Bad Idea

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The Engine That Could Take Humans to Mars Broke Records in a Recent Test

Oxford Biologists Outline What Alien Life Looks Like

Oxford Biologists Outline What Alien Life Looks Like

By Claudia Geib

We Are Officially Sending a Habitat to Orbit the Moon

We Are Officially Sending a Habitat to Orbit the Moon

Soon, We May Have a Host of Habitable Alien Worlds

Soon, We May Have a Host of Habitable Alien Worlds

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Scientists Want Us to Live in Lava Tubes on the Moon

NASA’s New Ion Thruster Breaks Records, Could Take Humans to Mars

NASA’s New Ion Thruster Breaks Records, Could Take Humans to Mars

Elon Musk Has a Plan to Get Humans to Mars, But Can They Survive?

Elon Musk Has a Plan to Get Humans to Mars, But Can They Survive?

It Turns Out That Our Moon Once Had an Atmosphere

It Turns Out That Our Moon Once Had an Atmosphere

Scientists Just Found Water on Mars Where They Thought None Could Exist

Scientists Just Found Water on Mars Where They Thought None Could Exist

A Massive Solar Storm Just Hit Mars, Causing a Global Aurora and Doubling Radiation Levels

A Massive Solar Storm Just Hit Mars, Causing a Global Aurora and Doubling Radiation Levels

By Claudia Geib

Elon Musk is Officially Sending Humans to Mars in 2024

Elon Musk is Officially Sending Humans to Mars in 2024

To Find Aliens, We Must Think of Life as We Don’t Know It

To Find Aliens, We Must Think of Life as We Don’t Know It

Live: Everything Elon Musk Just Unveiled About His Plans to Colonize Mars

Live: Everything Elon Musk Just Unveiled About His Plans to Colonize Mars

By Kristin Houser

Live: Watch as Lockheed Martin Reveals Their Highly Anticipated Mars Lander

Live: Watch as Lockheed Martin Reveals Their Highly Anticipated Mars Lander

By Kristin Houser

The UAE Is Building a “Mars Science City” to Prepare Humanity for Off-World Colonization

The UAE Is Building a “Mars Science City” to Prepare Humanity for Off-World Colonization

By Patrick Caughill

NASA’s New “Gravity Map” Corrects Fundamental Assumption About Mars

NASA’s New “Gravity Map” Corrects Fundamental Assumption About Mars

By Patrick Caughill

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Chinese Official Says the Nation’s Plans to Explore Mars Are “Going Smoothly”

Stephen Hawking Has Flawed Ideas About Alien Life, According to Former SETI Scientist

Stephen Hawking Has Flawed Ideas About Alien Life, According to Former SETI Scientist

By Christianna Reedy

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NASA May Shift Its Focus From Mars to the Moon

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Elon Musk is Giving an Update on SpaceX’s Mars Plans Next Week

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As Mars Mission Approaches, NASA Works to Assess Risks from Space Radiation

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The ExoLife Finder Telescope Could Revolutionize the Search for Life on Exoplanets

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Data From NASA’s Fifth HI-SEAS Isolation Mission Will Influence Who Goes to Mars

After “Living on Mars” for Eight Months, Mission V Subjects Are Coming Home

After “Living on Mars” for Eight Months, Mission V Subjects Are Coming Home

By Chelsea Gohd

Despite Opposition, METI Will Still Reach Out to Alien Life in 2018

Despite Opposition, METI Will Still Reach Out to Alien Life in 2018

Scientists Discover 3 New “Super-Earth” Exoplanets

Scientists Discover 3 New “Super-Earth” Exoplanets

Why Asteroid Mining is Integral to Our Plans for Colonizing Mars

Why Asteroid Mining is Integral to Our Plans for Colonizing Mars

Planet 9 Probably Isn’t an Exoplanet, After All

Planet 9 Probably Isn’t an Exoplanet, After All

NASA: “We’re Going to Try and Make Oxygen From the Atmosphere on Mars”

NASA: “We’re Going to Try and Make Oxygen From the Atmosphere on Mars”

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Oxygen Found on the Moon Could Provide Answers About Ancient Earth

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NASA’s InSight Mars Lander to Investigate Inside the Red Planet

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Chris Hadfield: We Should Settle on the Moon Before Mars

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There’s a New Possible Explanation for the Weird Light Behavior of the ‘Alien Megastructure’ Star

SpaceX Has Officially “Put Red Dragon on the Back Burner,” Delaying Mars Expedition

SpaceX Has Officially “Put Red Dragon on the Back Burner,” Delaying Mars Expedition

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New Research Shows Mars Experiences Violent Snowstorms

Meet the Woman Who Did the Calculations for the First Moon Landing

Meet the Woman Who Did the Calculations for the First Moon Landing

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The Best Way to Make First Contact, According to Science

A New Theory Suggests We May be the Only Technologically Advanced Civilization Still Around

A New Theory Suggests We May be the Only Technologically Advanced Civilization Still Around

Here’s Your Critical Guide to the Hospitable Earth-Like Exoplanets

Here’s Your Critical Guide to the Hospitable Earth-Like Exoplanets

By Victor Tangermann

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A 40-Year Old Voyager Spacecraft Can Guide Aliens to Earth

Buzz Aldrin: We Will Have Humans on Mars in the Next 20 Years

Buzz Aldrin: We Will Have Humans on Mars in the Next 20 Years

By Chelsea Gohd

The UAE Will Launch Its First Mission to Mars in 2021

The UAE Will Launch Its First Mission to Mars in 2021

By Chelsea Gohd

We May Have Just Found the First Moon Outside Our Solar System

We May Have Just Found the First Moon Outside Our Solar System

Reddit Users Ask SETI Founder and Space Legend Anything

Reddit Users Ask SETI Founder and Space Legend Anything

A Galactic Internet Could Contact Other Planets in 300,000 Years

A Galactic Internet Could Contact Other Planets in 300,000 Years

Scientists Have Discovered That There is Water Under the Moon’s Surface

Scientists Have Discovered That There is Water Under the Moon’s Surface

By Christianna Reedy

Jeff Bezos: “It’s Time for America to Go Back to the Moon, This Time to Stay”

Jeff Bezos: “It’s Time for America to Go Back to the Moon, This Time to Stay”

NASA: There’s No Evidence of a Mars Civilization Thousands of Years Ago

NASA: There’s No Evidence of a Mars Civilization Thousands of Years Ago

By Chelsea Gohd

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Enough About Mars. Here’s How We Could Terraform Venus

By Jelor Gallego

New Studies Indicate Life on TRAPPIST-1’s Exoplanets Might be Impossible

New Studies Indicate Life on TRAPPIST-1’s Exoplanets Might be Impossible

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Elon Musk Just Shared an Update on SpaceX’s Upcoming Manned Mars Mission

By Sarah Marquart

Strange Signals From a Nearby Red Dwarf Star Could Be From Aliens – But Probably Not

Strange Signals From a Nearby Red Dwarf Star Could Be From Aliens – But Probably Not

By Christianna Reedy

Saturn’s Largest Moon Could Power a Population the Size of the U.S.

Saturn’s Largest Moon Could Power a Population the Size of the U.S.

By Chelsea Gohd

NASA Just Announced They Can’t Afford to Get Humans to Mars

NASA Just Announced They Can’t Afford to Get Humans to Mars

The Telescope That Could Likely Detect a Bumblebee on the Moon Is Almost Complete

The Telescope That Could Likely Detect a Bumblebee on the Moon Is Almost Complete

Futurism Asks: When Will Humans First Land on Mars?

Futurism Asks: When Will Humans First Land on Mars?

By Kristin Houser

Elon Musk Sets September as a Target for the Next Mission to Mars Update

Elon Musk Sets September as a Target for the Next Mission to Mars Update

This Mars Discovery Could Have Major Implications for Search for Alien Life

This Mars Discovery Could Have Major Implications for Search for Alien Life

Vice President Pence To Lead National Space Council and Get U.S. to Mars

Vice President Pence To Lead National Space Council and Get U.S. to Mars

A NASA Funded Project Wants to Use Plasma Rockets to Get to Mars

A NASA Funded Project Wants to Use Plasma Rockets to Get to Mars

By Chelsea Gohd