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How To Terraform Venus (Quickly)

Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Space exploration & spaceflightCosmology & astrophysics

What it is

Kurzgesagt lays out a speculative plan to terraform Venus, covering its hostile atmosphere and how it might be made Earth-like, with a sources page linked.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Offered as a readable explainer whenever Venus terraforming or alternatives to Mars colonization come up.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “You might enjoy this video on terraforming Venus,”

    Explains how to terraform Venus

    nerpderp82, 2021-07 · Recommendation · in “A Roadmap to Interstellar Flight (2016)”

  2. “There is a decent kurzgesagt video explaining what transforming a new planet would look like”

    Decent explainer on what terraforming a planet involves

    Gigachad, 2021-09 · Recommendation · in “Engineers are developing new ways to convert greenhouse gases to fuel”

  3. “There's a good video on this that talks about how a similar technique might be used to terraform Venus”

    Good video on similar technique for terraforming Venus

    headcanon, 2022-06 · Recommendation · in “MIT researchers propose Brazil-sized fleet of “space bubbles” to cool the Earth”

  4. “The Kurzgesagt video on teraforming Venus is interesting.”

    Kurzgesagt explainer on how terraforming Venus could be done

    chasil, 2026-02 · Recommendation · in “Where did all the starships go?”

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Topics: venus, terraforming, space colonization, kurzgesagt, planetary science

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