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Elon Musk’s ambitious vision of building a self-sustaining city on Mars may sound like science fiction, but SpaceX is pushing ...

I am currently reading the science-fiction classic Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson with the New Scientist Book Club (it’s our April read). It’s fantastic, so any other trips to the Red Planet are ...

Transforming the red planet to support life has long been a dream of science fiction. Mars is now too cold to support life. Its atmosphere is also too thin to protect any living organisms from harmful ...

The idea of colonizing Mars has long been part of science fiction, but it’s increasingly being explored through real-world ...

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