The first early humans to use fire had no inkling of what it would lead to. Fire was one of our first technologies, and humans have been making changes to their environments since the advent of ...

The TRAPPIST-1 solar system, depicted in this artist's impression, might harbor Earth clones with oceans and rich atmospheres. (Photo digital Illustration by NASA/NASA via Getty Images) A young ...

My fellow pro-growth/progress/abundance Up Wingers, 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 ...

A new study suggests plans to terraform Mars should be accelerated, building what it calls a "base camp" for further expansion into the solar system and the wider galaxy. Although opponents argue that ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

If aliens modified a planet in their solar system to make it warmer, we’d be able to tell. A new UC Riverside study identifies the artificial greenhouse gases that would be giveaways of a terraformed ...