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Space Week: A seven-day tour of the cosmos

18 July 2023

To celebrate the launch of our new podcast, Dead Planets Society, New Scientist editors have selected some of our most delightful premium articles about the solar system and beyond

Chris Mason interview: Let's tweak human DNA for life on other planets

14 July 2021

To become an interplanetary species, we may have to genetically engineer ourselves to be more resilient, says geneticist Chris Mason. He has a 500-year plan for life away from Earth

Tanja Bosak interview: How Perseverance will hunt for life on Mars

7 April 2021

Tanja Bosak is seeking traces of life in a rock reconnaissance mission. It's an awesome responsibility, as only the samples she and her team select will be returned to Earth

Mission to Mars: The complete guide to getting to the Red Planet

12 June 2019

Humanity's first Mars mission will need a big rocket, lots of free time, reliable team mates and lots of NASA cash. Here's our 5-step plan to get people to the planet and back

How to drive the slowest vehicle in the solar system - on Mars

29 August 2018

NASA engineer Keri Bean shares her dreams of driving a Mars rover, her fears that Opportunity won’t wake up and why NASA has grief counsellors on speed-dial

7 things we thought were made by aliens, but weren't... probably

31 January 2018

Unexplained phenomena from Martian canals to genomic patterns have been ascribed to alien intelligence – but mainly that's turned out to be wishful thinking

Chris Hadfield: We should live on the moon before a trip to Mars

23 August 2017

The next stage of our push into space should be setting up home on the moon, says astronaut Chris Hadfield, who warns a rush to Mars would be deadly

Odds on: 10 science breakthroughs you can bet on

10 May 2017

Human clones, a colony on Mars, alien contact... what world-changing breakthroughs will come in the next decade? We asked the experts – with some surprising results