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

Climate scientist Kate Marvel talks to The Washington Post about the complicated mix of emotions people might feel about the changing planet.

This underlying idea is at the core of Pierce Brown’s epic science fiction series, Red Rising, and tells the story of one man ...

Before Hollywood made a go of it with the guy from Good Will Hunting, The Martian was a standalone sci-fi novel about a man ...

Why read boring paper when you could listen to audio signals beamed into your brain via machine? Now THAT is sci-fi.

Pioneer Labs, a non-profit research organization, is focused on engineering microbes, specifically extremophiles, to survive ...

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 ...

Scientists emphasize that it is possible to start preparing and implementing less ambitious projects now. «Future missions to the surface of Mars in 2028 or 2031 should include small-scale experiments ...

Is transforming Mars into a habitable planet achievable? A team of scientists is re-examining this question with recent advances in planetary science and biotechnology. Their work, published in Nature ...

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 ...