Why NASA is not racing Musk on colonization Where Elon Musk talks openly about building a city on Mars, NASA has been careful to draw a line between exploration and colonization. The agency has long ...

The Artemis program is becoming one of NASA's most important efforts for future moon colonization and long-term moon exploration. Unlike earlier lunar missions focused mainly on short visits, Artemis ...

When it comes to the question of which planet humanity could one day call home, the obvious choice might seem to be Mars. But surprisingly, Venus might actually be a better candidate for human ...

NASA’s Roman Space Telescope could revolutionize the search for alien worlds by discovering around 100,000 exoplanets—far more than all previous missions combined. It will look deep into unexplored ...

Astronomers have unleashed a powerful new AI tool called RAVEN to comb through data from NASA’s TESS mission—and it’s paying off in a big way. By analyzing millions of stars, the system has confirmed ...

Editor's note: All opinions, columns and letters reflect the views of the individual writer and not necessarily those of the IDS or its staffers. Rovers on Mars have made exciting finds and ...