The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

So it's not exactly a cosmic coincidence that "Mission to Mars" and "Red Planet," a pair of big-budget Tinseltown sci-fi projects centered around Earth's mysterious neighbor, were both launched ...

Elon Musk’s vision to colonize Mars might sound like the plot of a science fiction novel, but it’s quickly becoming a reality. With his private space exploration company, SpaceX, Musk has set his ...

Movies about the red planet may be currently on the wane, but back in 1952, Mars still fascinated the general public. In August of that year, Major Alexander P. de Seversky imagined “Your Trip ...

It's been long thought that Mars shines red due to the rusted iron minerals within the dust that covers the planet -- but a study published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications suggests ...

"Mars is still the Red Planet. It’s just that our understanding of why Mars is red has been transformed." Mars is widely known for its iconic rusty red color — many people even refer to it as ...

ELON Musk’s plot to colonise other worlds may have been predicted by a German scientist 70 years ago. Writing in his 1952 science fiction novel “Project Mars”, engineer Wernher vo… ...

Elon Musk has predicted humans would be on Mars by 2029 as part of his Starship rocket program, with a non-human mission ...