In his deeply researched book ‘The Martians,’ David Baron examines true alien believers and scientists, including Nikola ...

It wasn't until maybe a year before we were done writing — and we wrote for four years — that we decided this book is actually about why space settlements aren't coming soon. When you purchase through ...

David Baron's "The Martians" plumbs the depths of America's fascination with Mars at the turn of the 20th century.

We read about caves on the Moon, uncomfortably detailed orbital mating concepts, space madness, Moon law, plans for Martian company towns, hopes for new ways of life in distant worlds. We read dozens ...

Mars, our reddish-hued neighbor in the solar system, oh how you have captivated us earthlings, fueling an obsession at the ...

The promise of starting life anew on Mars may appear alluring, even feasible, as the climate crisis intensifies and space and rocket technology advances. But the reality would be dreadful, according ...

It was based on the work of Percival Lowell, a professor who was convinced Mars contained a series of irrigation canals built ...

A new book explores how Americans came to believe in an advanced Martian civilization at the turn of the twentieth century.

ITHACA, N.Y. — It has been an amazing mission from the beginning. Getting two tremendously intricate machines funded, designed, built, tested, approved, launched, landed safely on a planet millions of ...

Mars, for all its flaws — and there are many, including radiation, dust storms, and unbreathable air — is the only planet in our solar system that’s a candidate for settlement. Its day and night cycle ...

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The Red Planet: A Natural History of Mars is a geological and meta-historical look at the fourth planet in our solar system from the Sun. Written by a well-known science fiction writer who has a PhD ...