Turning Martian dust into shelter has long sounded like science fiction, but researchers are now treating it as an engineering problem with a biological answer. Instead of shipping steel and concrete ...

The dream of colonizing Mars has been an enduring vision, fueled by decades of science fiction, but recent developments in space technology are making this once far-fetched idea increasingly plausible ...

GREENSBORO, NC (2/26/2026) – Luna Labs has selected UNC Greensboro (UNCG) chemistry professor Nicholas Oberlies to lead a NASA-funded project exploring whether fungi can be grown into building ...

NASA's Curiosity rover has discovered more building blocks of life on Mars after carrying out a chemistry experiment never before conducted on another planet, scientists said Tuesday. The organic ...

Since humanity’s first steps on the Moon, the aspiration to extend human civilization beyond Earth has been a central objective of international space agencies, targeting long-term extraterrestrial ...

(CNN) — The Curiosity rover has uncovered the most diverse array of organic molecules ever found on Mars, including seven that had never been detected before on the red planet. These carbon-containing ...