“Although there is still a long way to go to create self-sufficient habitats on other planets, we demonstrated the great ...

A team of scientists has identified a plant capable of surviving and growing in the harsh conditions of Mars, according to a report by The Guardian. This research is the first to explore the ...

First and foremost, we have to figure out how to make Mars’s lifeless soil more pliable for plants. Mars’s lack of an atmosphere means that the soil on Mars isn’t nearly as rich in the ...

The research indicates that, to support plant life, Mars would need elevated atmospheric pressures, higher CO₂, and adequate temperatures, with at least a 110-sol (Martian day) growing season ...

On Earth, plants make the majority of the oxygen supply. On Mars there's a chicken-and-egg problem: the planet needs photosynthetic plants to make oxygen from carbon dioxide, but the climate must ...

A variety of foods could be grown in greenhouses. This is also the time that genetically modified plants could be tested for future planting in Martian environments. Colonists would fill their ...