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Being realistic, the majority of planets are not habitable.   In fact, the chances you’d find a habitable planet are similar to that of finding out that James Brown is performing on a UFO to some funky aliens as we speak.   But if you want to keep your story realistic *and* colonise other planets - have a look at Terraforming.

Terraforming is the concept of transforming a barren, uninhabitable planet into one with a habitable atmosphere, so that it is safe for people to live there, for example, turning sulphur into oxygen or heating up the atmosphere to melt the ice on a planet into drinkable water.   Of course, this doesn’t have to be people - for example, in “The War of the Worlds”, the aliens were terraforming Earth into an atmosphere that they could live in!

Here are a few examples of stories that could be told regarding terraforming:

• What if a planet that is already inhabited is being terraformed? (War of the Worlds-esque)
• What if two races are terraforming a planet in different ways simoultaneously?
• What if a small part of an otherwise desolate planet has been terraformed to make a secret base that no-one would think to look for?

So if you’re thinking about relocating a species - Terraforming could be what you’ve been looking for!

Any other ideas regarding Terraforming you can think of?   Share them with us in a comment!