Universe Sandbox 2 is a physics-based space simulator from Giant Army that will soon be getting Oculus Rift and HTC Vive support, so you can build the Universe as you see fit in virtual reality ...

“The key question for terraforming is the amount of CO 2, N 2, and H 2 O on Mars. Unfortunately there is nothing new here to resolve this question,” McKay emails.

But Mars has a deeper problem: it's dry.Not that there isn't water vapor or ice on the world; there most definitely is. The problem is getting large amounts of water, stably, into the liquid phase.

It might actually be possible to terraform Mars. If reading that last sentence gave you pause, you aren’t alone. Sure, the idea of terraforming the Red Planet is exciting, but it’s also always ...

As part of Mars Desert Research Station Crew 134, astrobiologist Michaela Musilova is trying to create nutrient-rich soils by infusing Martian soil simulants with extremophile microbes from Greenland.

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 terraforming, or shaping alien landscapes beyond ...

NASA’s Retiring Top Scientist Says We Can Terraform Mars and Maybe Venus, Too Jim Green has shaped much of the space agency’s scientific inquiry for decades. Share full article ...