Hopeless dreamer, or a true visionary? SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk can split opinions at times, and perhaps no more so than with his ultimate goal – to colonize Mars. The rest of this article is ...

Becoming an interplanetary species begins with reaching another world and Mars is the most likely first destination. Establishing a permanent base will require reliable transportation between planets, ...

This retrospective tracks the dramatic evolution of SpaceX’s Starship—from the oversized Interplanetary Transport System to the gleaming stainless steel prototypes of today. Each redesign reveals how ...

Scientists explore the Interplanetary Habitable Zone framework to evaluate habitability beyond the Goldilocks Zone, considering energy, radiation, transport, and material factors in planetary systems.

10 years ago, I had almost given up on space exploration. NASA dragging its feet as our infrastructure slowly depleted and the eventual reliance on the Russians for basic launches just about crushed ...

Anyone familiar with the search for alien life will have heard of the "Goldilocks Zone" around a star. This is defined as the orbital band where the temperature is just right for liquid water to pool ...

I guess Elon Musk just realises (cynically), that human effort/ investment can be manipulated by the well-known psychological phenomenon of revulsion against exceedingly unlikely but horrific ...