It makes more sense to spend money saving the Earth from climate change, ecological destruction and international conflicts than it does going to Mars.

Space is a hostile environment for humans. Even on Mars, settlers might have a hard time coping with potentially lethal ...

Coming up with a practical way of replicating the earthbound poop experience took many years, many engineers, and a whole lot ...

In this rare event, a full moon, also dubbed the "Worm Moon," will coincide with a lunar eclipse — causing a total lunar eclipse as the entire Moon is covered by the Earth's shadow. View the moonrise ...

As if there’s not already enough going on to disturb your sleep, here’s another nighttime distraction to keep you from counting sheep: A blood red moon rises over Maryland later this week. And you won ...

The L.A. County Museum of Art announces three commissions for large-scale outdoor art around its new David Geffen Galleries, ...

Kara Gaiser, a mechanical engineering student at Berkeley from Portland, is researching life support systems on Mars and other locations beyond Earth.