As we push toward the next phase of human space exploration, there’s a lot of focus on using local materials at our final destination. Anything we can find or make on the Moon, Mars, or elsewhere is ...

A robotic chemist working autonomously in a lab has developed an oxygen-producing catalyst from minerals found in Martian meteorites. The same procedure could one day be used to provide oxygen for ...

A robot chemist powered by artificial intelligence could solve the puzzle of providing oxygen to humans on Mars, according to the results of a new study. The study, published in Nature Synthesis, ...

We are presently witnessing the first steps humanity is taking to establish a constant presence elsewhere in the solar system. After it made the space around our planet a second home with the ...

If humankind is ever to step foot on Mars, they'll need a bountiful source of oxygen. Crewed missions could of course lug their own oxygen or oxygen-producing materials with them from Earth both to ...

"Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids," sang Elton John. It is not just cold as hell, it lacks a lot of the basic necessities that humans need to survive, including oxygen to breathe. And ...

Humanity has always dreamed of traveling to alien worlds, and in some respects (read on a very small scale), we've already done that. But hardcore dreamers imagine a time when alien worlds in our ...

NASA suspects that the ice-clad moon Europa harbors a deep, deep sea — reaching some 40 to 100 miles (60 to 150 kilometers) down. And new evidence, from the space agency's Juno craft, points to ...

Artificial intelligence is getting its time to shine, for better or for worse. The usage of AI by Hollywood studios was a major sticking point in the months-long actors’ strike, and lawsuits regarding ...