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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 ...

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 ...

"You wouldn't need extra effort to look for these technosignatures, if your telescope is already characterizing the planet for other reasons — and it would be jaw-droppingly amazing to find them." ...

Colonizing Mars and terraforming it to be a comfortable future home for humanity is quite the challenge. How would we go about it and how close is close enough for our purposes? How would we let life ...

Until someone invents warp drive, the only way we can inspect distant exoplanets is with a powerful telescope. However, even the most capable telescopes can only catch faint glimmers from exoplanets.

Imagine if we could control earthquakes and tsunamis to generate power. Or maybe even terraform every planet in the solar ...

Paradox has released a remaster of its terraforming construction strategy game "Surviving Mars". More new content is planned ...

Plan B: Terraform is a simulation/strategy game where you manage the resources of a newly discovered planet and bring supplies to the cities and manage its terraformation. Manage a newly discovered ...