Could people turn Mars into another Earth? Here's what it would take to transform its barren landscape into a life-friendly world. Photo courtesy of NASA Curious Kids is a series for children of all ...

When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed our class the sci-fi movie “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.” The plot drew me in, with its depiction of the “Genesis Project” – a new ...

What do we need to find if we want to discover another Earth? If an exoplanet is too far away for even the most powerful telescopes to search directly for water or certain biosignatures, is there ...

When I was in middle school, my biology teacher showed our class the sci-fi movie Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. The plot drew me in with its depiction of the “Genesis Project”—a new technology ...

Suggesting an extended “Twilight Zone” episode by way of a grief-therapy two-hander, “Another Earth” offers a jagged and distinctive vision. Cosmic yet intimate, Mike Cahill’s shoestring sci-fier ...

In a film entitled "Another Earth" that hit theaters in limited release July 22, a planet practically identical to our own appears in the sky. Earth's residents learn that, on the new, nearby planet, ...

As missions like Kepler and TESS discovered more rocky exoplanets in recent years, scientists looked forward to the launch of the JWST. The powerful space telescope has the ability to gather infrared ...

The plot of the dreamy indie Another Earth sounds like something a grief chaser like Jodi Picoult might cook up: young woman with a bright future kills a man’s wife and child while driving drunk and ...

The announcement this week that astronomers have found a potential alien world that could be the most Earth-like exoplanet yet is raising a big question: How will scientists confirm the existence of a ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you'd like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. Is it possible that one day we could make Mars like Earth? -- ...