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 ...

A composite view of the Earth constructed by NASA from multiple satellite images Editor at Large Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and ...

Arthur Clarke, screenwriter for the blockbuster film "2001: A Space Odyssey," has been resurrected as an advanced OpenAI chatbot to help map out the transformation of Mars into a new Eden for humanity ...

Mars gets all the attention, but Venus might actually be a better candidate for human colonization. Instead of living on the surface, we could build floating cities in its thick atmosphere, where ...

You might be hearing about future plans to colonize Mars or establish a base on the moon, but these ideas are older than humankind's first forays out of the atmosphere. In fact there have been several ...

Space technologies are experiencing a real revolution, with a transition from government exploration to an increasing participation of the private sector. Companies like SpaceX, Blue Origin, and ...