How long would it take for us to colonize the Red Planet? (Image credit: Janiecbros via Getty Images) SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wants to have a city of a million people on Mars by 2050.

In November, Stephen Hawking warned that humans needed to colonize another planet within 1,000 years. Now, six months later, he’s saying we have to do it within 100 years in order to avoid ...

But there is another challenge beyond that is of even greater proportions — the task of colonizing the Red Planet once we get there. Colonization is crucial, say proponents, to create a technology ...

Any colonization of the planet would unfold over decades, he said. Mr. Zubrin added that Mr. Musk is being particularly distracted from his Mars ambitions by his recent work on X.

The race to populate Mars is on. But before humans can visit the red planet, we need to send out robot scouts to see the lay of the land. The next generation of Martian robotics will use ...

This image released August 27, 2003, captured by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a close-up of the red planet Mars when it was just 34,648,840 miles (55,760,220 km) away.

Like most events in Stellaris, the Subterranean Civilization appears at random. There is a small chance of it spawning whenever you colonize a new planet, but once it appears it will not repeat ...

In order to colonize a planet, you need to build a colony ship from the spaceport in homeworld. Do note that the entire process requires time and valuable resources.