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162173 Ryugu
!162173 Ryuguhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Ryugu_colored.jpg?20200506184924 162173 Ryugu is a near-Earth asteroid and the target of JAXA'...
Abraham Gottlob Werner
!Abraham Gottlob Wernerhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Abraham_Gottlob_Werner.jpg?20151109170648 Abraham Gottlob Werner 1749-1817 was a Ger...
Agriculture
!Agricultural field with various cropshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d0/Agriculture.jpg?20140207190359 Agriculture forms the backbone of sust...
Albedo
!Albedohttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Ceres_2004_clear_sky_albedo.png?20100202174832 Albedo Albedo from Latin "albus" meaning "white" is...
Albert Einstein
!Albert Einsteinhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Albert_Einstein_1947.jpg/980px-Albert_Einstein_1947.jpg?20220608135132 Albert Einstei...
Alfvén Surface
!Alfvén Surfacehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Artists_impression_of_PSP_approaching_the_Alfven_surface.jpg/960px-Artists_impression_o...
Algae
!Green algae microscopic viewhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Green_algae.png/960px-Green_algae.png?20240918165732 Algae are simple ph...
Aluminium
!Aluminium metal sampleshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Aluminium.jpg/1200px-Aluminium.jpg?20090726122550 Aluminium aluminum in Ameri...
Americium
!Americium metal sampleshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/Americium_microscope.jpg/500px-Americium_microscope.jpg Americium is a synthe...
Anhydrite
!Anhydritehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Anhydrite-217328.jpg?20110722192137 Anhydrite is a calcium sulfate mineral with the chemical form...
Antarctic Circle
!Antarctic Circlehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Antarctic_circle.svg/1200px-Antarctic_circle.svg.png?20090925231530 The Antarctic Ci...
Antarctica
!Antarcticahttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Antarctica_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/1074px-Antarctica_%28orthographic_projection%2...
Antimony
!Antimony metal crystalline structurehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Antimony-4.jpg?20100126032504 Antimony is a metalloid element with spe...
Antoine Jérôme Balard
!Antoine Jérôme Balardhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Antoine-J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Balard-portrait.jpg/991px-Antoine-J%C3%A9r%C3%B4me_Bala...
Apatite
!Apatitehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Apatite.jpg/1190px-Apatite.jpg?20051208135957 Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals essent...
Aqua-Lung
The Aqua-Lung, developed by Jacques Cousteau and Émile Gagnan, revolutionized underwater breathing technology. Its principles contribute to life support system ...
Aqua Regia
!Aqua Regiahttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Aqua_regia.svg/1400px-Aqua_regia.svg.png?20200122043230 Aqua regia is a highly corrosive m...
Archipelago
!Archipelagohttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Galapagos_archipelago_250m.jpg?20051105231927 An archipelago is a group of islands clustered to...
Arcology
!Arcologyhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Arcology_Skyscraper.jpg/960px-Arcology_Skyscraper.jpg?20150708011122 Arcology, a concept dev...
Arctic Circle
!Arctic Circlehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3f/Last_North_Expedition.jpg The Arctic Circle is the northernmost major circle of latitude on E...
Arctic Ocean
!Arctic Oceanhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Arctic_Ocean_-_en.png?20090822201842 The Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of Earth'...
Arctic
!Arctichttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/Arctic.svg/956px-Arctic.svg.png?20230811210027 The Arctic region provides crucial insights for ...
Arnold Sommerfeld
!Arnold Sommerfeldhhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a7/A._Sommerfeld_LCCN2014715010.jpg/960px-A._Sommerfeld_LCCN2014715010.jpg?20230921180...
Arsenic
!Arsenic crystalline metallic formhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumbhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Arsenic-238920.jpg?201...
Arthur C. Clarke
!Arthur C. Clarkehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/62/Arthur_C._Clarke_1965.jpg?20171126030137 Arthur C. Clarke 1917-2008 was a British science ...
Asaph Hall
!Asaph Hallhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Professor_Asaph_Hall.jpg?20050630082834 Asaph Hall 1829-1907 was an American astronomer best kno...
Atlantic Ocean
!Atlantic Oceanhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Atlantic_Ocean_-_en.png?20240205164441 The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest ocean on Ear...
Atlas-Centaur
!Atlas-Centaurhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Atlas_I-CENTAUR.jpg/960px-Atlas_I-CENTAUR.jpg?20050412162551 The Atlas-Centaur is a fam...
Atmosphere
A planetary atmosphere is the layer of gases surrounding a celestial body, held in place by gravity. Atmospheres are fundamental to habitability and represent t...
Atmospheric Engineering
Atmospheric engineering represents the theoretical and practical science of modifying planetary atmospheres to achieve desired environmental conditions. This fi...
Atoll
!Atollhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Atoll_forming.jpg?20051117054335 An atoll is a ring-shaped coral reef or low-lying island that encirc...
Atom
!Atomic structure diagram showing nucleus and electron orbitalshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Stylised_atom_with_three_Bohr_model_orb...
Auguste Piccard
!Auguste Piccardhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13737%2C_Auguste_Piccard.jpg?20081212214324 Auguste Piccard 1884-1962...
Bacteria
!Bacteriahttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Bacteria_012.png?20220619051002 Bacteria are single-celled prokaryotic organisms that could play e...
Banach–Tarski Paradox
!Doubling of a sphere visualizationhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/Doubling_of_a_sphere%2C_as_per_the_Banach-Tarski_Theorem.png The Banach–...
Barium
!Barium metal samplehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Barium_%28Ba%29.jpg?20131006080637 Barium is an alkaline earth metal with specialized a...
Baryon
!Baryon octethttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Baryon_octet.svg/1599px-Baryon_octet.svg.png?20080420220905 Baryons are a class of subato...
Bertrand Piccard
!Bertrand Piccardhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Bertrand_Piccard_20170912.jpg/1600px-Bertrand_Piccard_20170912.jpg?20170914111309 Be...
Biochemistry
Biochemistry is the study of chemical processes within living organisms. Understanding biochemical principles is essential for terraforming projects involving l...
Biology
Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It forms the foundation for understanding how to establish, maintain, and evolve ecosystems in ter...
Biome
!Global vegetation maphttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Vegetation.png A biome is a large-scale ecological unit characterized by distinctive ...
Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the application of biological systems, organisms, or biological processes to develop products and technologies. It represents one of the most p...
Bismuth
!Bismuthhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Bismuth-crystal.jpg/960px-Bismuth-crystal.jpg?20080921150430 Bismuth is a post-transition met...
Black-body Radiation
Black-body radiation describes the electromagnetic radiation emitted by an object in thermal equilibrium. Understanding this fundamental physics concept is cruc...
Bromine
!Bromine periodic table entryhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Br-TableImage.svg Bromine is a halogen element discovered by Antoine Jérôme Ba...
Brookhaven National Laboratory
!Brookhaven National Laboratoryhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Aerial_View_of_Brookhaven_National_Laboratory.jpg/500px-Aerial_View_of_...
Cadmium
!Cadmium samplehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Cadmium-crystal_bar.jpg/512px-Cadmium-crystal_bar.jpg Cadmium is a soft, bluish-white ...
Calcium
!Calcium atomic symbol visualizationhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Calcium.svg/640px-Calcium.svg Calcium is an essential alkaline ea...
Carbon Dioxide
Carbon dioxide CO₂ is a crucial atmospheric gas that plays a central role in terraforming efforts. As both a greenhouse gas and raw material for biological proc...
Carbon
!Carbon atomic structure diagramhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Carbon.svg/640px-Carbon.svg Carbon is the fundamental element of orga...
Carl Jacob Löwig
!Carl Jacob Löwighttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Carl_Jacob_Loewig_%281803-1890%29.jpg Carl Jacob Löwig 1803-1890 was a German chemist reno...
Celestine
!Celestinehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Celestine-cz06b.jpg Celestine also known as celestite is a strontium sulfate mineral SrSO₄ valued...
Chemistry
!Laboratory glassware and chemical reactionshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Chemicals_in_flasks.jpg/640px-Chemicals_in_flasks.jpg Che...
Chlorine
Chlorine Cl is a highly reactive halogen element essential for water purification, chemical manufacturing, and potential applications in terraforming atmospheri...
Climate
!Global climate zones maphttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/ClimateMap_World.png/640px-ClimateMap_World.png Climate describes the long-t...
Computronium
!Computroniumhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Computronium_3D_Animation_by_Robbie_Conceptuel.gif Computronium is a hypothetical form of programmable mat...
Convection
Convection is the transfer of heat through the movement of fluids liquids or gases, playing a crucial role in atmospheric dynamics, planetary climate systems, a...
Cryogenic Rocket Engine
!Cryogenic Rocket Enginehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/CE20_engine_%28E9%29_undergoing_720_second_qualification_test_for_Gaganyaan_programm...
Cyanobacteria
!Cyanobacteriahttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Cyanobacteria_Under_Light_Microscope_40x_Mag.jpg?20120704211550 Cyanobacteria, also known as ...
DARPA
!DARPAhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/DARPA_Logo_2010.png/500px-DARPA_Logo_2010.png DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency i...
Deep Blue Foundation
Deep Blue Foundation The Deep Blue Foundation is a pioneering organization dedicated to advancing ocean exploration, marine conservation, and underwater resear...
Deimos
!Deimos from Mars Reconnaissance Orbiterhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/NASA-Deimos-MarsMoon-20090221.jpg?20220426004248 Deimos is the smal...
Desert Greening
!Desert Greeninghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Greening_in_the_Sahara_Desert_%28MODIS_2024-09-12%29.jpg/1600px-Greening_in_the_Sahara...
Dyson Sphere
Dyson Sphere is a hypothetical megastructure concept that completely encompasses a star to capture its energy output, representing one of the most ambitious eng...
Earth
!Earth from spacehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg/512px-The_Earth_seen_from_Apollo_17.jpg Earth is t...
Earthquake
Earthquakes are sudden releases of energy in the Earth's crust that create seismic waves, resulting in ground shaking and potentially causing significant geolog...
Edwin Hall
!Edwin Hallhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/Edwin_Herbert_Hall_%281855-1938%29.jpg?20160109155138 Edwin Hall Edwin Herbert Hall 1855-1938 ...
Electron
The electron is a fundamental subatomic particle with negative electric charge that plays crucial roles in chemistry, electronics, and energy systems essential ...
Elliptic Geometry
Elliptic Geometry Elliptic geometry is a non-Euclidean geometry characterized by the absence of parallel lines and the property that the sum of angles in a tri...
Elon Musk
!Elon Muskhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SpaceX_CEO_Elon_Musk_visits_N%26NC_and_AFSPC_190416-F-ZZ999-006_cropped.jpg Elon Reeve Musk born June 28, 197...
Erosion
!water erosionhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Erosion.jpg/960px-Erosion.jpg?20130828121425 Erosion is the geological process by which...
Europa
Europa Europa, one of Jupiter's Galilean moons, is a captivating world of ice and mystery. Its smooth, frozen surface is marked by a complex network of linear ...
Europe
!Europe from spacehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Europe_satellite_orthographic.jpg/640px-Europe_satellite_orthographic.jpg Europe is...
Europium
!Europiumhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Europium.jpg Europium symbol Eu, atomic number 63 is a rare earth metal and member of the lanthani...
Fauna
!Faunahttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Fauna.jpg Fauna refers to all animal life present in a particular region, habitat, or geological peri...
Ferdinand von Lindemann
!Ferdinand von Lindemannhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/Carl_Louis_Ferdinand_von_Lindemann.jpg Ferdinand von Lindemann Carl Louis Ferdina...
Ferromagnetism
Ferromagnetism is the strongest form of magnetism, where materials can be magnetized by external magnetic fields and retain magnetization after the field is rem...
Fjord
!Fjordhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Fjord_in_Norway_001.jpg A fjord is a long, narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes, fo...
Flora
!Diverse plant life in ecosystemhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Jawbone_Flora_and_Fauna_Reserve.jpg/640px-Jawbone_Flora_and_Fauna_Rese...
Fluid
Fluids are substances that continuously deform under applied shear stress, including both liquids and gases. In terraforming contexts, understanding fluid behav...
Fluorapatite
Fluorapatite Fluorapatite Ca₅PO₄₃F is a phosphate mineral and the most common member of the apatite group. It is a crucial source of phosphorus for biological ...
Fluorine
Fluorine F is the most electronegative and reactive chemical element, essential for advanced materials, propellants, and atmospheric processing technologies cru...
Fluorite
Fluorite Fluorite CaF₂, also known as fluorspar, is a calcium fluoride mineral that serves as the principal source of fluorine for chemical and metallurgical p...
Freeman Dyson
Freeman John Dyson 1923-2020 was a British-American theoretical physicist and mathematician whose visionary concepts about space colonization, stellar engineeri...
Funga
!Fungahttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Fungi_Diversity.jpg/640px-Fungi_Diversity.jpg Funga refers to the collective fungal life presen...
Geoengineering
Geoengineering refers to large-scale technological interventions designed to counteract climate change by deliberately modifying Earth's climate system. These a...
Geology
Geology is the science that studies the Earth's physical structure, substance, history, and the processes that shape it over time. In terraforming contexts, geo...
Geyser
Geyser !Old Faithful geyser erupting with steam and hot waterhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Grand_geyser_-_Yellowstone_-_Wyoming_-_U...
Gluon
Gluons are elementary particles that serve as the exchange particles gauge bosons for the strong nuclear force between quarks. In terraforming contexts, underst...
Gold
!Gold nugget specimenhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/CSIRO_ScienceImage_10458_An_8_kg_nugget_from_Victoria_that_was_cut_in_two_and_had_a_thi...
Gypsum
Gypsum Gypsum CaSO₄·2H₂O is a hydrated calcium sulfate mineral that ranks among the most economically important industrial minerals worldwide. This soft, versa...
H3 (rocket)
!H3 rockethttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/H3_rocket_launch.jpg H3 Rocket The H3 is Japan's flagship launch vehicle, developed by the Japa...
H3 (rocket)
!H3 rockethttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/H3_rocket_launch.jpg The H3 is Japan's next-generation flagship launch vehicle developed by the J...
Hadron
Hadrons are composite particles made of quarks and gluons, bound together by the strong nuclear force. The most familiar hadrons are protons and neutrons, which...
Hall Effect
Hall Effect The Hall effect is a fundamental electromagnetic phenomenon discovered by Edwin Hall in 1879, describing the generation of a voltage difference Hal...
Hannes Alfvén
!Hannes Alfvénhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/YoungAlfven_%28cropped%29.jpg Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén 1908-1995 was a Swedish electrical eng...
Hayabusa2
!Hayabusa2https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Hayabusa2_and_Earth.jpg Hayabusa2 is a robotic asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Jap...
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
!Heike Kamerlingh Onneshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Kamerlingh_Onnes.jpg Heike Kamerlingh Onnes 1853-1926 was a Dutch physicist who made...
Helium
!Helium spectrum showing characteristic lineshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Helium_discharge_tube.jpg Helium He is the second most abundan...
Hendrik Lorentz
!Hendrik Lorentzhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/H_A_Lorentz_%28Nobel%29.jpg Hendrik Antoon Lorentz 1853-1928 was a Dutch theoretical physic...
Hermann Minkowski
!Hermann Minkowskihttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Hermann_Minkowski_Portrait.jpg Hermann Minkowski 1864-1909 was a German mathematician who...
Himalayas
Himalayas The Himalayas, often called "the roof of the world," constitute the highest mountain range on Earth, stretching approximately 2,400 kilometers 1,500 ...
Homeostasis
Homeostasis is the fundamental biological principle of maintaining stable internal conditions within living systems despite external environmental changes. In t...
Humidity
!Humidityhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Dewdrops_Baltic_Sea_Swiftsure_2012.jpg/800px-Dewdrops_Baltic_Sea_Swiftsure_2012.jpg Humidity...
Hydrochloric Acid
Hydrochloric Acid Hydrochloric acid HCl, also known as muriatic acid in its commercial form, is a strong, highly corrosive mineral acid that plays crucial role...
Hydrogen
!Anhydritehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Anhydrite-217328.jpg?20110722192137 !Hydrogen molecular modelhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...
Hydrology
!Water Cyclehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Water_cycle.png/800px-Water_cycle.png Hydrology is the scientific study of water movement...
Hydroxyapatite
!Hydroxyapatitehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Hydroxylapatite-338779.jpg?20110524194405 Hydroxyapatite Ca₁₀PO₄₆OH₂ is a naturally occurrin...
Ion
!Ionic Crystalhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Sodium-chloride-3D-ionic.png/800px-Sodium-chloride-3D-ionic.png Ions are electrically c...
Isaac Asimov
!Isaac Asimovhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Isaac.Asimov01.jpg Isaac Asimov 1920-1992 was an American author and biochemist who became one...
Isthmus
An isthmus is a narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses and is bordered by water on two sides. These unique geographical features have played c...
Jacques Cousteau
!Jacques Cousteauhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Jacques-Yves_Cousteau_1975.jpg Jacques-Yves Cousteau 1910-1997 was a French naval officer,...
Jacques Piccard
!Jacques Piccardhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Jacques_Piccard_%281979%29.jpg/960px-Jacques_Piccard_%281979%29.jpg?20150522154027 Ja...
Jacques Rougerie
!Jacques Rougeriehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ab/Jacques_Rougerie_HD.JPG Jacques Rougerie born 1945 is a French architect renowned for his ...
JAXA
!JAXAhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/Jaxa_logo.svg JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is Japan's national space agency, established in...
Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
!Joint Institute for Nuclear Researchhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/JINR_Logo.svg The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research JINR is an inte...
Jungle
Jungle A jungle is a dense, tropical forest ecosystem characterized by luxuriant vegetation, high biodiversity, and complex ecological interactions. These envi...
Jupiter
!Jupiterhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Jupiter_by_Cassini-Huygens.jpg?20150321045845 Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, play...
Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg
!Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Carl_Rammelsberg_1891.jpg Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg 1813-1899 was...
Károly Ereky
Károly Ereky Károly Ereky October 20, 1878 – July 17, 1952 was a Hungarian agricultural engineer and economist who coined the term "biotechnology" in 1919. His...
Kibō (ISS module)
!Kibō ISS Modulehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Kibo_PM_and_ELM-PS_attached_to_ISS.jpg Kibō 希望, meaning "hope" in Japanese is the Japanese ...
Kinematic Chain
!Kinematic Chainhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/Four_bar_linkage_animated.gif A kinematic chain is a series of rigid bodies called links co...
Lagoon
Lagoon A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands, coral reefs, sandbars, or other natural or artificial barr...
Large Hadron Collider
!Large Hadron Colliderhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/CMS_Higgs-event.jpg The Large Hadron Collider LHC is the world's largest and most pow...
Leopold Gmelin
!Leopold Gmelinhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Leopold_Gmelin.jpg Leopold Gmelin 1788-1853 was a German chemist who made fundamental contri...
Lichen
!Lichenhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/Hypogymnia_physodes_-_Flickr_-_pellaea_%282%29.jpg Lichen are remarkable composite organisms formed ...
Liquid-propellant Rocket
!Liquid-propellant Rockethttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/SpaceX_Falcon_9_rocket_family.jpg Liquid-propellant rockets are rocket engines tha...
Lithosphere
The lithosphere is the rigid outer layer of planetary bodies, comprising the crust and uppermost portion of the mantle. Understanding lithospheric structure and...
Lorentz Force
Lorentz Force The Lorentz force is the force experienced by a charged particle moving through electromagnetic fields. Named after Dutch physicist Hendrik Loren...
Low Earth Orbit
!Low Earth Orbithttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Comparison_satellite_navigation_orbits.svg Low Earth Orbit LEO is the region of space exten...
Magnesium
Magnesium Magnesium symbol Mg, atomic number 12 is a chemical element in the alkaline earth metal group. It is the eighth most abundant element in Earth's crus...
Magnetic Refrigeration
Magnetic Refrigeration Magnetic refrigeration is a cooling technology based on the magnetocaloric effect, where certain materials heat up when magnetized and c...
Magnetohydrodynamics
Magnetohydrodynamics Magnetohydrodynamics MHD is the study of the dynamics of electrically conducting fluids, including plasmas, liquid metals, and salt water,...
Magnetosphere
The magnetosphere is the region of space around a planet where its magnetic field dominates the behavior of electrically charged particles, effectively deflecti...
Main Page
Welcome to the Terraforming Wiki The Terraforming Wiki is a comprehensive knowledge base dedicated to the science, technology, and concepts behind transforming...
Main Page
Welcome to the Terraforming Wiki The Terraforming Wiki is a comprehensive knowledge base dedicated to the science, technology, and concepts behind transforming...
Mariana Trench
Mariana Trench The Mariana Trench is the deepest known part of Earth's ocean, located in the western Pacific Ocean. This crescent-shaped oceanic trench reaches...
Mariner 4
Mariner 4 Mariner 4 was a robotic interplanetary probe launched by NASA on November 28, 1964, becoming the first spacecraft to successfully fly by Mars and ret...
Mars
!Marshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/OSIRIS_Mars_true_color.jpg/1200px-OSIRIS_Mars_true_color.jpg?20170221204207 Mars, the fourth pla...
Matrioshka Brain
A Matrioshka brain is a hypothetical megascale computer system that would surround a star, capturing virtually all of its energy output to power massive computa...
Matter
!States of matter diagramhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Plasma-lamp_2.jpg/640px-Plasma-lamp_2.jpg Matter is anything that has mass a...
Max Planck
!Max Planckhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Max_planck.jpg?20050427083034 Max Planck Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck April 23, 1858 – October...
Medicine
Medicine in terraforming contexts encompasses the specialized medical practices, technologies, and protocols necessary to maintain human health during planetary...
Megastructure
!Megastructurehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Space_habitat_-_city_on_the_ring.jpg Megastructures are hypothetical or theoretical large-sca...
Meissner Effect
Meissner Effect The Meissner effect is the expulsion of magnetic fields from the interior of a superconductor during its transition to the superconducting stat...
Mercury
Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in our solar system, presenting some of the most extreme environmental challenges for terraforming. Despite its hos...
Meson
!Mesonhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e0/Meson-octet.svg Mesons are composite particles consisting of one quark and one antiquark bound togeth...
Milky Way
The Milky Way is our home galaxy, a vast barred spiral galaxy containing an estimated 100-400 billion stars, countless planets, and the potential for numerous w...
Minkowski Space
Minkowski space also known as Minkowski spacetime is the mathematical framework underlying Einstein's special theory of relativity. Named after mathematician He...
Molecule
!Water molecule structure showing bondshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Water-3D-balls.png/640px-Water-3D-balls.png Molecules are grou...
Moon
!Moonhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/Moon_nearside_LRO.jpg The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and humanity's most accessible steppi...
Moscovium
Moscovium symbol Mc, atomic number 115 is a synthetic superheavy element that exists only in laboratory conditions for extremely brief periods. Named after Mosc...
Mount Everest
!Mount Everesthttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Mount_Everest_ISS008-E-6150.JPG?20130717160746 Mount Everest is Earth's highest mountain abov...
Mountain Range
!Mountain Rangehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Mountain_range.jpg Mountain ranges are geological formations that significantly influence cl...
Muon
!Muonhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Muon_g-2_at_Fermilab.jpg/512px-Muon_g-2_at_Fermilab.jpg A muon symbol μ is an elementary particl...
Myxogastria
!Myxogastriahttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Fuligo_septica_-_Gelbe_Lohbl%C3%BCte_-_Scrambled_egg_slime_-_04.jpg/512px-Fuligo_septica_-...
NASA
!NASAhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/NASA_logo.svg/220px-NASA_logo.svg.png?20181013191516 The National Aeronautics and Space Administ...
Neutron
Neutrons are electrically neutral subatomic particles found in the nuclei of atoms, playing fundamental roles in nuclear physics, atomic structure, and nuclear ...
Nitrogen
!Nitrogen molecule structurehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Nitrogen_Molecule.png/640px-Nitrogen_Molecule.png Nitrogen N₂ is the most...
Non-Euclidean Geometry
Non-Euclidean geometry refers to any geometric system that rejects or modifies one or more of Euclid's postulates, particularly the parallel postulate. These re...
Nucleon
A nucleon is a collective term for the two types of particles that comprise atomic nuclei: protons and neutrons. These subatomic particles are the fundamental b...
Oasis
!Oasishttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Oasis_in_Libya.jpg?20070720082331 An oasis is a fertile area in a desert where water is available. T...
Oxide
Oxides are chemical compounds containing oxygen combined with one or more other elements, representing one of the most abundant and important classes of compoun...
Oxygen
!Oxygen molecular structure and bubbleshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Oxygen-diatomic-3D-balls.png/640px-Oxygen-diatomic-3D-balls.png...
Parker Solar Probe
The Parker Solar Probe is a revolutionary NASA space mission designed to study the Sun's outer corona by flying closer to our star than any previous spacecraft....
Permafrost
!Permafrosthttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Permafrost_%2812116729705%29.jpg Permafrost is permanently frozen ground that affects constructi...
Phobos
!Phoboshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Phobos_Full.png Phobos is the larger and closer moon of Mars, orbiting very rapidly. This article i...
Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a essential chemical element with atomic number 15 and symbol P, fundamental to all known forms of life and critical for successful terraforming a...
Photoelectric Effect
!Photoelectric Effecthttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Photoelectric_effect.svg The photoelectric effect is a quantum mechanical phenomenon i...
Pieter Zeeman
!Pieter Zeemanhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Pieter_Zeeman%2C_portrait_on_the_occasion_of_the_Nobel_Prize_1902.jpg Pieter Zeeman 1865-1943...
Pioneer 11
!Pioneer 11https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Pioneer_11_-_Jupiter_encounter.jpg/512px-Pioneer_11_-_Jupiter_encounter.jpg Pioneer 11 was...
Planetary Engineering
!Planetary Engineeringhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Terraforming_of_Mars.jpg?20110529113539 Planetary engineering is the large-scale modi...
Planetary Science
!Planetary Sciencehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Geology_and_Planetary_Science_%2834002534141%29.jpg Planetary science is the scientific s...
PlanetSolar
!PlanetSolarhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Turanor_PlanetSolar_HDW.jpg PlanetSolar is the world's largest solar-powered boat that circumna...
Plate Tectonics
!Plate Tectonicshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Plates_tect2_en.svg/1024px-Plates_tect2_en.svg.png Plate tectonics is the unifying th...
Platinum
!Platinumhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Platinum-nugget.jpg/640px-Platinum-nugget.jpg Platinum is a precious metal with excellent ca...
Pnictogen
Pnictogens are the chemical elements in Group 15 of the periodic table, comprising nitrogen N, phosphorus P, arsenic As, antimony Sb, bismuth Bi, and moscovium ...
Polar Desert
A polar desert is an extreme terrestrial biome characterized by very low precipitation, frigid temperatures, and sparse vegetation, occurring in the polar regio...
Project Xanadu
Project Xanadu is a pioneering hypertext system conceived by Ted Nelson in 1960, representing one of the earliest and most ambitious visions for interconnected ...
Proton
!Spinning protonhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Spinning_proton.svg Protons are positively charged particles that define atomic elements an...
Quantum Chromodynamics
Quantum Chromodynamics QCD is the quantum field theory that describes the strong nuclear force, one of the four fundamental forces of nature. QCD governs the in...
Quark-Gluon Plasma
Quark-gluon plasma QGP is an extreme state of matter that existed in the first microseconds after the Big Bang, where quarks and gluons—the fundamental constitu...
Quark
Quarks are fundamental particles that combine to form protons and neutrons. This article is a stub. Help expand our knowledge base by contributing more informa...
Radiation
Radiation is the emission and transmission of energy through space or matter in the form of waves or particles. Understanding radiation is crucial for terraform...
Raphaël Domjan
Raphaël Domjan pioneers solar-powered transportation and exploration. This article is a stub. Help expand our knowledge base by contributing more information.
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider
RHIC is a particle accelerator studying quark-gluon plasma. This article is a stub. Help expand our knowledge base by contributing more information.
Robert A. Heinlein
!Robert A. Heinlein autographing bookshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/RAHeinlein_autographing_Midamericon_ddb-371-14.jpg Robert Anson Heinl...
Robert Ochsenfeld
!Robert Ochsenfeldhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-2005-1017-525%2C_Robert_Ochsenfeld.jpg/256px-Bundesarchiv_Bild...
Robonaut
!Robonaut 2 workinghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Robonaut_2_working.jpg/2560px-Robonaut_2_working.jpg Robonaut is NASA's series of ...
Robotic Arm
A robotic arm is a programmable mechanical device that mimics the functionality of a human arm, designed to perform precise manipulation tasks in various enviro...
Robotics
!Advanced humanoid robot in laboratory settinghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/ASIMO_4.28.11.jpg/640px-ASIMO_4.28.11.jpg Robotics is t...
Satellite Constellation
A satellite constellation is a coordinated group of artificial satellites working together as a system to accomplish objectives that a single satellite cannot a...
Satellite
!International Space Station orbiting Earthhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/International_Space_Station_after_undocking_of_STS-132.jpg/...
Saturn V
The Saturn V was a super heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by NASA under the Apollo program for human exploration of the Moon. Standing 363 feet 110.6 meters ...
Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in our solar system, renowned for its spectacular ring system and diverse collection of moons. Th...
SeaOrbiter
!SeaOrbiterhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/SeaOrbiter_Vue_Ext%C3%A9rieure.jpg/512px-SeaOrbiter_Vue_Ext%C3%A9rieure.jpg SeaOrbiter is ...
Silicon
!Silicon crystal structurehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/SiliconCroda.jpg/640px-SiliconCroda.jpg Silicon Si is the second most abund...
Solar Impulse Foundation
The Solar Impulse Foundation is a pioneering organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of clean and efficient technologies through advocacy, research,...
Solar Impulse
Solar Impulse was a groundbreaking solar-powered aircraft project that achieved the first around-the-world flight using only solar energy, demonstrating the pot...
Solar System
The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system consisting of the Sun and all celestial objects orbiting it, including eight planets, numerous moons, aster...
Solar Wind
The solar wind is a continuous stream of charged particles emanating from the Sun's corona, traveling through the solar system at supersonic speeds. This phenom...
SolarStratos
SolarStratos is a pioneering solar-powered aircraft project designed to reach the stratosphere and demonstrate the potential of renewable energy in extreme atmo...
SpaceX Starship
SpaceX Starship is a revolutionary fully reusable super heavy-lift spacecraft system developed by SpaceX for missions to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond...
SpaceX Starship
Starship is SpaceX's fully reusable spacecraft designed for Mars missions. This article is a stub. Help expand our knowledge base by contributing more informat...
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. SpaceX is a private aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company founded by Elon Musk in 2002. The company has r...
Spectroscopy
Spectroscopy analyzes matter by studying its interaction with electromagnetic radiation. This article is a stub. Help expand our knowledge base by contributing...
Starlink
Starlink is SpaceX's satellite internet constellation providing global coverage. This article is a stub. Help expand our knowledge base by contributing more in...
Stibnite
Stibnite is the primary ore mineral of antimony with industrial applications. This article is a stub. Help expand our knowledge base by contributing more infor...
Strontianite
Strontianite is a strontium carbonate mineral SrCO₃ that serves as an important source of strontium and has significant applications in both terrestrial industr...
Strontium
Strontium is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal belonging to Group 2 of the periodic table. With atomic number 38 and chemical symbol Sr, strontium exhi...
Sulfur
Sulfur is a chemical element with symbol S and atomic number 16, belonging to the chalcogen group in the periodic table. This versatile nonmetal is essential fo...
Sun
The Sun is our star and the primary energy source for all terraforming efforts. This article is a stub. Help expand our knowledge base by contributing more inf...
Superconductivity
Superconductivity is a quantum mechanical phenomenon where certain materials exhibit zero electrical resistance and expel magnetic fields when cooled below a cr...
Technology
!Advanced technology laboratory with various scientific equipmenthttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ea/NASA_Jet_Propulsion_Laboratory_-_Clea...
Temperature
!Thermometer showing temperature scalehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Thermometer_CF.svg/640px-Thermometer_CF.svg Temperature is a fu...
Terraforming Wiki
Terraforming Wiki Terraforming Wiki is a collaborative knowledge base about planetary engineering. This article is a stub. Help expand our knowledge base by c...
Terraforming
Terraforming is the hypothetical process of transforming a planet's environment to make it suitable for Earth life. The term, popularized by science fiction wri...
Tesseract
!Hypercubehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Hypercube.svg/834px-Hypercube.svg.png?20100729133426 A tesseract, also known as a 4-cube or...
Thallus
A thallus is a simple, undifferentiated plant body lacking true stems, roots, or leaves, characteristic of algae, lichens, liverworts, and some fungi. This fund...
Thermal Equilibrium
Thermal equilibrium is a fundamental thermodynamic state in which two or more objects or systems have reached the same temperature and no net heat transfer occu...
Titan
!Titanhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Titan_in_true_color.jpg/512px-Titan_in_true_color.jpg Titan is Saturn's largest moon and the se...
Titanium
!Titanium metal sampleshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Titan-crystal_bar.JPG/640px-Titan-crystal_bar.JPG Titanium Ti is a strong, lig...
Tundra
The tundra is a vast, treeless biome characterized by extremely cold temperatures, low precipitation, and a layer of permanently frozen subsoil called permafros...
Vannoccio Biringuccio
Vannoccio Biringuccio 1480-1539 was an Italian metallurgist, engineer, and author whose groundbreaking work "De la pirotechnia" 1540 established him as one of t...
Venus
Venus, often called Earth's twin due to similar size and mass, presents one of the most challenging terraforming scenarios in the Solar System. Despite being cl...
Viscosity
!Viscosity demonstration with different liquidshttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Viscosity_race.jpg/640px-Viscosity_race.jpg Viscosity ...
Volcano
!Active volcano erupting with lava and ashhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Stromboli_Volcano_erupt.jpg/640px-Stromboli_Volcano_erupt.jp...
Walther Meissner
Walther Meissner 1882-1974 was a German physicist who made fundamental contributions to our understanding of superconductivity and low-temperature physics. He i...
Walther Nernst
Walther Nernst developed the third law of thermodynamics. This article is a stub. Help expand our knowledge base by contributing more information.
Wilhelm Wien
Wilhelm Carl Werner Otto Fritz Franz Wien 1864-1928 was a German physicist whose fundamental contributions to black-body radiation theory and thermal physics la...
Wind
!Global wind patterns diagramhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Map_prevailing_winds_on_earth.png/640px-Map_prevailing_winds_on_earth.png...
Zeeman Effect
!Anhydritehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d5/Anhydrite-217328.jpg?20110722192137 The Zeeman effect describes the splitting of spectral lines i...
Bioforming: Life as a Terraforming Tool
Bioforming represents the use of biological systems to transform planetary environments, leveraging the power of life itself as the primary terraforming mechani...
Exoplanet Terraforming: Engineering Alien Worlds
Exoplanet Terraforming: Engineering Alien Worlds As we discover thousands of exoplanets, the possibility of terraforming worlds beyond our solar system capture...
Mars Terraforming: The Red Planet's Green Future
!Mars Terraformedhttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/TerraformedMarsGlobeRealistic.jpg/1200px-TerraformedMarsGlobeRealistic.jpg?2013012921...
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