This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American A new life awaits you in the off-world ...

How difficult will it be for future astronauts on Mars to establish a sustainable settlement? This is what a recent preprint submitted to Elsevier hopes to address as Dr. Florian Neukart, who is an ...

The dream of living on other planets may be far from reality. This video examines the deadly conditions on Mars, Venus, and Mercury in brutal detail. It’s a scientific reality check on the future of ...

The book opens with a stark declaration: “We are bound for extinction.” Just as dinosaurs vanished from Earth, humanity will meet the same fate. While this may seem an absurd leap in an era of 8.2 ...