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Experts found that there’s not enough CO2 in Mars to make it habitable
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Mars is a hopeful "Planet B" if Earth fails.
Terraforming is the process of changing the conditions on a planet.
It would make Mars habitable for Earth life without life-support systems.
New paper says terraforming Mars not possible with existing technologies.
Would need to raise temperatures and thicken the atmosphere.
not enough CO2 on Mars to make the planet Earth-like.
The study was published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
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Professor in the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and the Department of Geological Sciences.
Journal providing information from all aspects of astronomy, astrophysics and planetary science.
