The concept of terraforming Mars — transforming the planet's climate to support life as we know it — has long belonged to the realm of science fiction. But a new study argues that it's time to take ...

A new study suggests plans to terraform Mars should be accelerated, building what it calls a "base camp" for further expansion into the solar system and the wider galaxy. Although opponents argue that ...

We could raise Mars’s average global temperature by tens of degrees within a few decades. SpaceX Starship combined with proposed new warming techniques, could potentially raise Mars’s temperature by ...

My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, As the prospect of human settlements on Mars draws closer to reality than we could have realistically imagined pre-SpaceX, so does the concept of ...

A team of researchers with a variety of backgrounds and affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has taken a realistic approach to looking at the question of whether Mars could be terraformed ...

We’re all revved up for the landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars today, but that doesn’t stop us from dreaming about a more distant future, when Mars is terraformed and turns from a red planet into ...

While humans living on Mars is the stuff of sci-fi movies for now, scientists may have figured out a major step toward colonization, by in effect creating global warming on the planet. It could be ...