The thin air of Mars has long been treated as a problem to be solved, a hostile mix of carbon dioxide and dust that stands ...

ST. LOUIS – From monstrous tsunamis to building-shattering earthquakes to flood-inducing downpours, mother nature is a force to be reckoned with. We’re all tired of this extreme weather here on Earth ...

It’s been 100 Earth years since you settled on Mars. You’ve been through pain, loneliness and a lot of hard work. And now ...

Advances in technology have reopened the debate over terraforming Mars, shifting it from an impossible dream to a long-term scientific and ethical question.

(NEW YORK) — Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick atmosphere, which kept it warm enough to support flowing water on its ...

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This doesn’t mean Mars causes ice ages on its own. Orbital cycles are only part of the picture. Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Envision a time when hundreds of spacecraft are exploring the solar system and beyond. That’s the future that NASA’s ESCAPADE, or Escape and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics ...