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  2. Makemake - Wikipedia

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    Makemake was discovered on March 31, 2005, by a team at the Palomar Observatory, led by Michael E. Brown, [8] and was announced to the public on July 29, 2005. The team had planned to delay announcing their discoveries of the bright objects Makemake and Eris until further observations and calculations were complete, but announced them both on July 29 when the discovery of another large object ...

  3. Terraforming - Wikipedia

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    An artist's conception shows a terraformed Mars in four stages of development.. Terraforming or terraformation ("Earth-shaping") is the hypothetical process of deliberately modifying the atmosphere, temperature, surface topography or ecology of a planet, moon, or other body to be similar to the environment of Earth to make it habitable for humans to live on.

  4. Artificial planet - Wikipedia

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    An artificial planet [1] (also known as a planetary replica or a replica planet) [2] is a proposed stellar megastructure. Its defining characteristic is that it has sufficient mass to generate its own gravity field that is strong enough to prevent atmosphere from escaping , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] although the term has been sometimes used to describe other ...

  5. Terraforming of Venus - Wikipedia

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    The terraforming of Venus or the terraformation of Venus is the hypothetical process of engineering the global environment of the planet Venus in order to make it suitable for human habitation. [1] [2] [3] Adjustments to the existing environment of Venus to support human life would require at least three major changes to the planet's atmosphere ...

  6. Terraforming of Mars - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 December 2024. Hypothetical modification of Mars into a habitable planet This article is about the technological process. For the board game, see Terraforming Mars (board game). Artist's conception of the process of terraforming Mars. The terraforming of Mars or the terraformation of Mars is a ...

  7. The 10 best movies to watch on Netflix in January - AOL

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    Make it a Nolan double feature tonight. Here the Oscar-winning director takes us to deep space with Matthew McConaughey as he pilots a team of scientists who enter a wormhole in search of a planet ...

  8. Planetary engineering - Wikipedia

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    A common object of discussion on potential terraforming is the planet Mars. To terraform Mars, humans would need to create a new atmosphere, due to the planet's high carbon dioxide concentration and low atmospheric pressure. This would be possible by introducing more greenhouse gases to below "freezing point from indigenous materials". [2]

  9. Are We On the Cusp of a Planet-Saving Vinyl Revolution ...

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    Factory worker Martin Frings peels apart a finished master and positive copy of a vinyl record before being copied and going to press at The Vinyl Factory on January 11, 2017 in Hayes, England.