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The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

Why we explore Mars—and what decades of missions have revealed. In the 1960s, humans set out to discover what the red planet has to teach us. Now, NASA is hoping to land the first humans on Mars ...

NASA Odyssey orbiter snapped a first-ever image of a Mars volcano peeking above clouds before dawn. It’s twice as tall as Earth’s largest volcano.

JUNE 17, 2025 — The recent discovery of a key mineral has reshaped our scientific understanding of what Mars looked like in the past. Researchers at UTSA are exploring whether Mars could have once ...

Mars in Virgo is what astrologers call “peregrine,” meaning it is in no essential dignity or detriment. This means we can take control of our narrative by harnessing the current energy of Mars ...

Terraforming, the act of radically transforming a planet's climate and environment to make it suitable for human habitation, currently belongs to the realm of science-fiction. But it's possible, in ...

Colonizing Mars and terraforming it to be a comfortable future home for humanity is quite the challenge. How would we go ...

PNAS: Welcome to Science Sessions, the podcast of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, where we connect you with Academy members, researchers, and policymakers.Join us as we explore ...

Terraforming, the act of radically transforming a planet's climate and environment to make it suitable for human habitation, currently belongs to the realm of science-fiction. But it's possible, in ...