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 ...

A team of researchers with a variety of backgrounds and affiliated with multiple institutions in the U.S. has taken a ...

Terraforming Mars might sound far-fetched, but researchers argue in a new study that we should take the idea seriously.

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

What if we could turn Mars into a second Earth? A group of scientists is revisiting this audacious idea with new eyes, armed ...

Could humanity reallytransform Mars into a world that supports life like Earth? Recent scientific advances suggest this ...

If we ever want to live on Mars like Elon Musk wants, we're going to have to work out terraforming, and scientists say we're ...

Although opponents argue that Mars' unique history and environment should be preserved for future study, this report suggests that Mars' once-habitable atmosphere means any terraforming efforts ...

The key difference is that you start on a barren rock rather than a vibrant alien ecosystem, tasked (or rather sentenced) with terraforming it so that the awful space capitalists can come and ...

The authors also noted why colonising Mars would not be good for science. Lanza pointed out that terraforming Mars will ...