One part of this plan would require increasing the planet’s atmospheric pressure, and one scientist suggests that capturing ...

The Martian atmosphere is currently very thin and mostly made up of carbon dioxide. It is incapable of supporting human life.

Saturn’s largest moon Titan may be among the most Earth-like worlds in the solar system, covered in lapping rivers and lakes, but new research suggests it likely couldn't support much life — if at all ...

NASA's SWOT satellite revealed unseen ocean depths, mapping seafloor features that shape life, currents, and tectonics.

Courtesy Studio Jonas Staal Other work takes a historical approach and reveals how the terraforming of lands often served political ends. Jonas Staal’s Empire’s Island (2023) is a four-part video ...

We tend to take the moon for granted—after all, it’s there night after night, just hanging out in the starry sky. But occasionally, it does something particularly cool or looks even more ...

But the stars caught her fascination when she stayed up late to watch the 1969 moon landing on TV — a rare reprieve from her mom’s farmwife-stringent early bedtime. “Even as a 9-year-old ...

The lunar lander, built and operated in collaboration with commercial space exploration company Firefly Aerospace, touched down on the moon on March 2.Its mission lasted for 14 days — the ...

Recent findings from samples collected by China's Chang'e 6 mission have provided valuable insights into the history of the moon, particularly its far side. The Chang'e 6 mission launched in early ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A startup company wants to establish mining operations on the moon to extract a rare isotope needed for future quantum computers ...

Surprisingly enough, the moon is a piece of our planet. The moon is weird. It's completely unlike anything else in the solar system. So how did our planet end up with such a special moon?

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky.