I set the New Scientist Book Club something of a challenge in April: make your way through the 600-plus pages of Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson’s doorstopper of a novel, in just 30 days, and then tell ...

For NASA’s Psyche mission, the path to the metallic asteroid of the same name lies on the other side of Mars. The mission launched in 2023 and has spent the intervening years looping through the inner ...

Before 'Project Hail Mary,' Weir wrote the quintessential space saga now being given a stunning makeover ...

Now that the Artemis II astronauts have circled the moon and come back safely to Earth, what’s next? At NASA, the country’s space agency, most eyes are focused on the moon. Private entrepreneurs who ...

Rockets have done a lot for humanity over the years. They've gotten humans to the Moon and several different rovers to Mars—but the era of rocket dominance could be coming to a close. As missions ...

A round trip from Earth to Mars takes about three years. New research suggests a potential shortcut to Mars, inspired by an asteroid's orbital path, that would reduce the journey to as little as 153 ...

A round trip from Earth to Mars takes about three years. New research suggests a potential shortcut to Mars, inspired by an asteroid's orbital path, that would reduce the journey to as little as 153 ...

The first human Mars explorers won’t have it easy. Every additional day in deep space will increase their exposure to deadly cosmic radiation, while isolation gnaws at their minds and microgravity ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Under the best circumstances, a trip from Earth to Mars and back would take a spacecraft three years to complete. And that's ...

Astronauts could complete a round trip to Mars in less than a year someday, potentially cutting current mission timelines in half, according to a new study that drew inspiration from asteroid ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less than a meter beneath the surface, close enough to be harvested for water, ...