This artwork shows a future terraforming facility on the surface of Mars. Terraforming is the process of engineering a planet's atmosphere so that it becomes more 'palatable' to humans and Earth's animals. ...Read more.

This illustration shows a future terraforming facility on the surface of Mars. Terraforming is the process of engineering a planet's atmosphere so that it becomes more 'palatable' to humans and Earth's animals. ...Read more.

Artwork of planet Earth seen from space, where a great fleet of ships has just departed for the stars. Maybe in the future they will arrive at a new planet, carrying their cargoes of humans and other terrestrial lifeforms. ...Read more.

This animation shows a future terraforming facility on the surface of Mars. Terraforming is the process of engineering a planet's atmosphere so that it becomes more 'palatable' to humans and Earth's animals. ...Read more.

The future. Spaceships from Earth arrive at a pristine world, intent on colonisation. The ships have spinning sections to provide artificial gravity to those on board not in hypersleep. Could this be the future of humanity? ...Read more.

Asteroid are potentially very lucrative and rich sources of precious metals and minerals, available in abundance in the Solar System. A future technology might be able to identify suitable asteroid targets, and then mine them for their resources. This animation shows a futuristic mining colony on a ...Read more.

Asteroid are potentially very lucrative and rich sources of precious metals and minerals, available in abundance in the Solar System. A future technology might be able to identify suitable asteroid targets, and then mine them for their resources. This illustration shows a futuristic mining colony on ...Read more.

Asteroid are potentially very lucrative and rich sources of precious metals and minerals, available in abundance in the Solar System. A future technology might be able to identify suitable asteroid targets, and then mine them for their resources. This illustration shows a futuristic mining colony on ...Read more.

The future. Spaceships from Earth arrive at a pristine world, intent on colonisation. The ships have spinning sections to provide artificial gravity to those on board not in hypersleep. Could this be the future of humanity? ...Read more.

The future. Spaceships from Earth arrive at a pristine world, intent on colonisation. The ships have spinning sections to provide artificial gravity to those on board not in hypersleep. Could this be the future of humanity? ...Read more.

This is an animation of a space elevator - a type of transportation system designed to move payloads from the Earth's surface into orbit. The idea was proposed in 1885 by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. A cable extends from a base station at the surface, near the equator, to a counterweigh ...Read more.

This is an illustration of a space elevator - a type of transportation system designed to move payloads from the Earth's surface into orbit. The idea was proposed in 1885 by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. A cable extends from a base station at the surface, near the equator, to a counterwe ...Read more.

This is an illustration of a space elevator - a type of transportation system designed to move payloads from the Earth's surface into orbit. The idea was proposed in 1885 by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. A cable extends from a base station at the surface, near the equator, to a counterwe ...Read more.

Illustration of an ultra-cool dwarf star with a companion white dwarf. Ace citizen scientist Frank Kiwy used the Astro Data Lab science platform at the National Science Foundation's NOIRLab to discover 34 new ultra-cool dwarf binary systems in the Sun's neighborhood, nearly doubling the number of su ...Read more.

This shows a hypothetical spiral galaxy seen from an oblique angle. A red dwarf star has been ejected by the galaxy at high speeds and will wander the void between galaxies. Such objects are known as free-floating stars. ...Read more.