What if we colonized and lived on the Moon? Obviously, we can’t just pack our stuff and move there today. But what if we terraformed it – reshaped it into an Earth’s image? How long would it take us ...

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Transforming the moon into an Earth-like world would require ice impacts, artificial atmospheres, and engineered ecosystems before colonization. Trump orders release of Arkansas congressman's son ...

Why it matters: Whenever I hear the word "terraforming," I immediately think of sci-fi novels like Larry Niven's Ringworld or games like No Man's Sky, where you can literally dig down or pile up earth ...