Last Exit: Space is a new documentary on Discovery+ that explores the possibility of humans colonizing planets beyond Earth. Since it is produced and narrated by Werner Herzog (director of Grizzly Man ...

What steps can be taken to ensure future space settlements on the Moon and Mars are constructed with the same efficiency as on Earth? This is what a recent NASA Early Stage Innovations award hopes to ...

The drive to explore deeper into space and establish colonies on other planets has intensified over the last decade, and with it the importance of space resources extraction. Obtaining valuable ...

Research from West Virginia University students and faculty into how 3D printing works in a weightless environment aims to support long-term exploration and habitation on spaceships, the moon or Mars.

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has outlined an ambitious plan for enabling affordable travel to Mars, potentially opening up space colonization to a broader segment of Earth's population. In a conversation with ...

The experiment was failing. Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian was in a cave in Spain, one outfitted to resemble the surface of a foreign planet, and she knew it was time to pull out. The goal had been to ...

Former President Barack Obama has expressed skepticism about the potential of space colonization to save Earth, slamming Tesla Inc. CEO and SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos.

HOUSTON — NASA has chosen 18 proposals from universities around the country to receive up to $70,000 for Phase One of the NASA Ralph Steckler Space Grant Colonization Research and Technology ...

The University of Idaho, in coordination with NASA, is hosting a panel on the research it has done on alternative energy storage capability and how it can be used on Earth and in future space ...

Reflecting on humanity’s dreams and challenges in exploring the solar system, we examine why planets and moons like Mars, Europa, Titan, and the Moon remain inhospitable for permanent colonization and ...