The legendary Apollo 11 astronaut is aiming to see an active human colony on Mars by the year 2039.
NASA has been testing out a powerful new rocket engine that will one day help put humans on Mars.
Scientists may have found a way to halt aging in humans by discovering a way to do it in worms.
Researchers have concluded that a manned mission to Mars is unlikely to contaminate the planet.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has outlined the space agency's plans for getting humans to Mars.
What makes it possible for someone to survive for such a long time without being able to breathe ?
Biological and technological upgrades could eventually turn us in to a race of cybernetic immortals.
New evidence suggests that dogs may have been man's best friend for far longer than previously thought.
Chimpanzees in southeastern Senegal have become quite adept at making their own weapons.
New research suggests that the human chin may have resulted from our ability to cook and soften food.
Our distant ancestors came in a variety of different shapes and sizes, just like modern humans do today.
The discovery has pushed back the emergence of the earliest humans by up to 400,000 years.
The early domestication of wolves by modern humans may have tipped the balance in our favor.
24-year-old Maggie Lieu has been shortlisted to go to Mars as part of the controversial Mars One project.
Numerous shark sightings near Newcastle in Australia have been keeping beachgoers out of the water.
Scientists now believe that Neanderthals were no less advanced that their modern human counterparts.
Gibbons may communicate in a way that is similar to how early humans spoke millions of years ago.
An engraving found on a fossilized shell is believed to have been made over 430,000 years ago.
An ex-NASA employee has insisted that humans walked on the surface of Mars more than 35 years ago.
Local residents have been forced to seal up their homes to keep out tens of thousands of the red insects.