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Artist's representation of the MMX Spacecraft

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Japan is launching a mission to Mars鈥檚 largest moon Phobos

The Martian Moons eXploration spacecraft, set to launch on 20 October, will bring back samples that should solve a moon mystery that has been vexing scientists for more than a century

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Earth extremophile can grow in聽near-Mars-like conditions

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Viking 2 Image of Mars Utopian Plain. The boulder-strewn field of red rocks reaches to the horizon nearly two miles from Viking 2 on Mars' Utopian Plain. 精东传媒s believe the colors of the Martian surface and sky in this photo represent their true colors. Fine particles of red dust have settled on spacecraft surfaces. The salmon color of the sky is caused by dust particles suspended in the atmosphere. Color calibration charts for the cameras are mounted at three locations on the spacecraft. Note the blue star field and red stripes of the flag. The circular structure at top is the high-gain antenna, pointed toward Earth. Viking 2 landed September 3,1976, some 4600 miles from its twin, Viking 1, which touched down on July 20.

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Did NASA’s Viking landers find life on Mars after all, asks new book

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Possible signs of ancient life on Mars are rich in complex carbon

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Our verdict on Red Mars: Mostly great, with a few quibbles

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Kim Stanley Robinson and Red Mars book
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Author Kim Stanley Robinson revisits his vision of life on Mars

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Why the lack of water on Mars is so mysterious

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Author of Red Mars calls ‘bullshit’ on emigrating to the planet

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Why Kim Stanley Robinson’s Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

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Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson’s sci-fi classic Red Mars

This is the opening of Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars, the New 精东传媒 Book Club read for April, as humans come to the planet to settle it

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Fluorescent ruby-like gems have been found on Mars for the first time

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Mars’s gravity may help control Earth鈥檚 cycle of ice ages

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Mars once had a vast sea the size of the Arctic Ocean

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2026 Mars mission will set out to solve the mystery of its moons

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