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    LucyNuggler: Uh, I think you should look up the definition of "terraforming". "Terraforming. To transform (a landscape) on another planet into one having the chara... more »
    Liz Weinbloom: Don't forget to speak for the trees (and pick up a thneed): [homepage.mac.com] (btw, what happened to the "preview post" button?) more »
    jesustonighter: Someone told me terraforming mars would be impossible because of its weak magnetosphere.shame more »
    LittleDragon: The great pyrimids were not tombs or landing pads for space ships, they were early attempts at green houses. I knew it! any one else see the red laser... more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: Is there anyone I can hire to do this on my backyard? I have enough undergrowth there to start my own rain forest. more »
  • #gallery

    Amazing Terraforming Projects - Real and Imaginary

    Humans have been terraforming since the earliest days of agriculture. We've got a gallery showing some of the Earth's most incredible terraforming projects - as well as what terraforming might look like on other worlds. More »
  • #marsporn

    Mystery of the Off-Center Martian Ice Cap

  • #marsrover

    Spirit, the Mars Rover, Left to Die Before Its Time

    The brave, unflagging Mars rover Spirit, who has lived on the Red Planet for almost four years, has been given a death sentence by the U.S. government. Right now, the little robot is resting on a sunny slope, waiting out the winter and preparing to do more tests on the Martian atmosphere. But now it looks like Spirit has rolled on its six wheels and done science experiments for the very last time. The U.S. government has forced NASA, this country's national space agency, to cut its budget by 4 million dollars. And that means only one rover, Opportunity, will survive. To say that this is a tragedy is an understatement. More »
  • #spaceporn

    Titan Rises Behind Saturn's Rings

    Haze-covered Titan, a moon of Saturn with a dense, cloudy atmosphere, was mapped extensively by the recent Cassini-Huygens space probe. The probe sent back beautiful space vistas like this one, whereTitan is the glowing globe behind Saturn's rings, and tiny moon Epimetheus is the small body you see floating above it. The space probe also gave up-close view of the surface of this moon, perhaps most famous for being the place where the aliens of 2001 have left a second monolith. What you may not have known is that the surface of Titan is ridged with sand dunes. Want to see them? More »
  • #spaceporn

    Sulfuric Acid Floods Created Martian "Grand Canyon"

    Unusual fan-shaped features cut into the Martian surface were caused by sulfuric acid "water" exploding from underground and sweeping across the surface of the planet. Yesterday a team of European and US scientists announced this finding, which is based on satellite data from a European Space Agency satellite in orbit around the Red Planet. Want to see the gullies dug by the sulfuric acid up close? More »