Elon Musk says his obsession with the red planet is cooling.

The reasons for sending humans to Mars range from good to bad to terrible. The notion that we should take on such a dangerous and expensive endeavor just so an elite remnant of Earthlings might ...

The new head of NASA predicts a manned mission to Mars in 10 years. Hosted by Ross Douthat Produced by Victoria Chamberlin Mr. Douthat is a columnist and the host of the “Interesting Times” podcast.

NASA is going to Mars. This much we know -- but the devil is in the details. For example, "going to Mars" isn't quite as simple a proposition as, say, going to Minneapolis. Here on Earth, when you ...

For a very long time humanity has dreamed of traveling to other planets. Because of its proximity and similarity to our own corner of the Universe, these 'other planets' often take the shape of Mars ...