Venus is a scorching dead world where humans cannot survive for even a moment, but it may also be one of the most promising ...

The dream of living on another planet has intrigued scientists, engineers, and explorers for a long time. Now, the dream is moving closer to becoming a reality with researchers at the University of ...

We’ve heard about terraforming the Moon and Mars as we attempt to colonize space, but what about Venus? Could we live here ...

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.

Until someone invents warp drive, the only way we can inspect distant exoplanets is with a powerful telescope. However, even the most capable telescopes can only catch faint glimmers from exoplanets.