Mars

A mile under the Earth’s crust, inside the gold mines of South Africa, lie the deepest living animals on the planet: nematodes – or “Devil Worms” – the tiniest multicellular worms on Earth.

In February, The Whitney Museum of American Art presented Red In View (Orbit), a 10 day continuous performance art piece by artists MPA, Amapola Prada, and Elizabeth Marcus-Sonenberg.

In form and execution, Approaching The Unknown solidifies our fascinations with Mars as the next great frontier for science and civilization.

On top of the largest volcano on Earth, six scientists live in complete isolation to simulate life on Mars.

On this episode of Profiles by VICE, we meet Melissa, the unlikely transgender astronaut, to understand what motivates a person to relocate to another, unknown planet.

Motherboard investigates the future of space, its democratization and privatization.

When you’re floating in space, the limited culinary options leave something to be desired. In fact, astronauts on long trips typically don’t eat enough.