Source: Liveright Publicating Corporation/with permission. I've known award-winning science writer David Baron for many years and have always enjoyed his previous superbly written books. A few months ...

In 1906, the New York Times ran the headline, “There is life on the planet Mars.” It was based on the work of Percival Lowell, a professor who was convinced Mars contained a series of irrigation ...

The eminence from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich wanted to reassure his audience with light humor. “You may sleep quietly in your beds,” said Edward Walter Maunder at a meeting of the British ...

Mars and Martians. They go together in the public's mind. The Earthling fascination with "alien invaders" goes back a long time. But why? And what does it say about all of us here on Earth? Dean ...

The dawn of the 20th century brought exciting advancements, including the automobile, mechanical flight and wireless messaging that could cross oceans. That led to an optimism about the future best ...

DC Comics has created some of the most iconic superheroes of all time, and yet one of its greatest heroes, Martian Manhunter, has yet to be accorded the reverence he deserves. Created by Joseph ...

In the early 1900s, Martians were a hot topic in American popular culture. Are those canals on the red planet? How can we contact Martians? Up and coming actor/director/producer Orson Welles took ...