terraforming Mars

New Study Shows Mars Could be Terraformed Using Resources that are Already There

The idea of terraforming Mars, making its atmosphere and environment more Earth-like for human settlement, goes back decades. During that…

3 months ago

The Rugged Desert Moss Best Equipped to Survive on Mars

For decades, we have seen Mars as a desolate landscape devoid of any signs of life. Attempt to identify ways…

4 months ago

A Comprehensive Blueprint for the Settlement of Mars

A new study considers all the challenges, benefits, and necessary steps for settling Mars.

1 year ago

An Absolutely Bonkers Plan to Give Mars an Artificial Magnetosphere

To terraform Mars, we will need to give it a protective magnetic field. Here's how we might do it.

3 years ago

Uh oh, Mars Doesn’t Have Enough Carbon Dioxide to be Terraformed

According to a new NASA-supported study, Mars does not have enough carbon dioxide to undergo the terraforming process

6 years ago

The Future of Space Colonization – Terraforming or Space Habitats?

At NASA's Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop, which took place last week, some interesting concepts for terraforming Mars and space…

8 years ago

How Bad is the Radiation on Mars?

Due to the lack of a magnetosphere and its very thin atmosphere, the surface of Mars is exposed to a…

8 years ago

How Do We Terraform Jupiter’s Moons?

Jupiter's four largest moons - the Galileans - have long been considered as possible sites for human habitation, and even…

9 years ago

How Do We Settle on Mars?

The idea of colonizing Mars has been explored at length, in fiction and as a real possibility. But what are…

9 years ago

Student Team Wants to Terraform Mars Using Cyanobacteria

While scientists believe that at one time, billions of years ago, Mars had an atmosphere similar to Earth's and was…

10 years ago