Ever since 1784, when astronomer William Herschel proposed that Mars’s inhabitants “probably enjoy a situation in many respects similar to ours”, we have been dreaming about Martian life.

He fantasized about Martians, their bodies a kaleidoscope of color—Burroughs’s Mars had two more primary colors than Earth—with removable heads but decidedly human forms. “I didn’t ...

I watched the trailer for Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds" and suddenly was transported back to February 12, 1949, the night the Martians landed in my hometown of Quito, the capital of Ecuador.

Worried that their children have become obsessed with television shows from Earth which extol the virtues of Santa Claus, Martians begin an expedition to Earth to kidnap the one and only Santa Claus.

Fifth-year Yale astronomy doctoral candidate Emma Louden GRD ’26 co-authored an illustrated children’s story to inspire the next generation of scientists.