Mars

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, has his sights set on Mars. At age 87, he may not be around to see it, but he does believe a human will make it to the Red Planet by 2040. "I like to think of myself as an innovative futurist," Aldrin told a gathering...

Rocket ships, brain chips, music streaming, autonomous driving, solar power, underground roads with elevators — it might be easier to list all the stuff that doesn’t capture Elon Musk’s active imagination. Best known as a car mogul, the founder and CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)...

One would assume Halloween is enough of a "candy day" for the United States to not need another dedicated day in this fall season. However, this does not seem to be the case. Quite the opposite, November 4 – just a few days after All Hallows' Eve — is the #...

Turns out Buzz Lightyear might gain some company in space. Less than a month after his company's failed Falcon 9 mission, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) revealed SpaceX's plans to colonize Mars in the near future. Musk detailed his strategy at the International...

Elon Musk has been obsessed with space travel for a long time. The founder of SpaceX recently took his outer space ambitions a step further: he wants to colonize Mars with a million people within a decade. On Tuesday, Musk gave a keynote talk at the 67th International Astronautical Congress in...

Many people are fascinated with the lifestyle of the rich and famous, commonly referred to as the "1 percent" crowd. While it might be correct in concluding that the country's wealthiest individuals live in New York City, Los Angeles and Miami, the county with the highest average income of the top...

McDonald's Corporation (NYSE: MCD)'s famous McFlurrys might be missing a key ingredient soon. "An industry source familiar with Mars' thinking said the company has had talks with the world's largest fast-food chain and other partners about its candies' inclusion in...

In a recent video, CNBC took a look at "America’s most popular Halloween candy." The National Confectioners Association predicted that $2.6 billion dollars would be spent in candy for Halloween in 2015. This translates to roughly $8 for every U.S. citizen. Most of it was...

A recent report that NASA found liquid water flowing on Mars has caused curiosity to resurface regarding when astronauts might be able to make longer-term journeys to the Red Planet. This week, NASA answered questions about whether long-term missions to Mars are feasible by outlining its plans to...

3D printing technology has been gaining traction over the past few years as the devices are improved and made available to industrial firms. However, while most analysts agree that mainstream use of 3D printing is still years away, NASA says it may soon be using the technology light years away...