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'''Terraforming''' is the process of modifying a [[planet]]'s environment to make it more like [[Earth]]'s. Longterm terraforming efforts on [[Mars]] and Venus have been proposed. | [[File:Mars.jpg|thumb|right|200px|What Mars would likely look like if it were terraformed.]] | ||
[[File:Terraformed Venus.jpg|thumb|right|200px|This is what Venus would look like if it was terraformed.]]'''Terraforming''' is the process of modifying a [[planet]]'s environment to make it more like [[Earth]]'s. Longterm terraforming efforts on [[Mars]] and [[Venus]] have been proposed. | |||
== Terraforming in Science Fiction == | == Terraforming in Science Fiction == | ||
In [[science fiction]], the term can apply to any effort to modify a planet's environment, even if the goal is to make it resemble another alien world rather than Earth. | In [[science fiction]], the term can apply to any effort to modify a planet's environment, even if the goal is to make it resemble another alien world rather than Earth. | ||
[[Category:Astronomy]] | |||
[[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Science]] | ||
[[Category:Science Fiction]] | [[Category:Science Fiction]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:54, 5 October 2011
Terraforming is the process of modifying a planet's environment to make it more like Earth's. Longterm terraforming efforts on Mars and Venus have been proposed.
Terraforming in Science Fiction
In science fiction, the term can apply to any effort to modify a planet's environment, even if the goal is to make it resemble another alien world rather than Earth.