Scientists say they have successfully bred worms in a soil that simulates conditions on Mars — a promising step toward creating a sustainable agricultural system on the red planet, and one that ...

A Big Brother-style experiment to test whether humans could travel to Mars and back has begun in Moscow. Six volunteers from Russia, France and Germany have been locked into a capsule to simulate the ...

A team of Nasa recruits has begun living in a dome near an old volcano in Hawaii to mimic what life would be like on Mars. The isolation experiment, which will last a year starting on Friday, will ...

Vegetables grow well in soil from Mars supplied by Nasa in experiment in Netherlands, scientists say. Tomatoes, peas, rye, rocket, radish and cress have grown in soil from Mars.