The idea of terraforming Mars—essentially reshaping the planet to support Earth life—has captured imaginations for decades.

Mars is a frozen shadow of its former self. Its riverbeds are dry, its air is thin and chock-full of carbon dioxide, and its ...

The presidential budget suggests trashing science missions in favor of colonizing Mars. A new study argues that research must ...

Thirty years ago, terraforming Mars wasn’t just hard — it was impossible,” said Erika DeBenedictis, CEO of Pioneer Labs. Now, ...

A new study debates the complex ethical questions that must be considered if we're to terraform Mars and lays the blueprint ...

Terraforming would affect the entire surface ... Earth’s natural environment and essentially maintain itself. For example, in 1961, Carl Sagan speculated on the possibility of the ...

Electrolysis and Sabatier chemical reactors are well understood processes, for example. But the company ... Image Credits: Terraform Industries The result is some fairly staggering cost reductions ...