What would it mean to abandon Earth wholesale? The proposition to throw one’s hands up and forfeit our planet is a seductive one — things are looking pretty irredeemably grim. As the world continues ...

Last week, the Trump administration released a presidential budget request that would cancel almost all NASA science missions in order to focus on putting humans on Mars. It's mainly a showy, ...

The hopes of turning Mars into a more Earth-like planet have just taken a hit. Science-fiction writers have long dreamed of terraforming Mars — changing the frigid Red Planet's climate to make it more ...

The list of board games adapted into movies is a fairly short one, but it seems about to add one more. Terraforming Mars, a complex “engine builder” game that can be played solo or with others — and ...

This story originally featured on the MIT Press Reader. Exploration, habitation, and resource extraction all carry a risk of inflicting environmental damage in space, just as they do here on Earth.

A ton of science fiction depicts the tale of humble Earthlings making the journey to far-off worlds and exploring the fascinating theoretical civilizations that they may hold. When humans decide to ...