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Astronauts Going to Mars Will Absorb Crazy Amounts of Radiation. Now We Know How Much.

September 21, 2018 | Article

There are plenty of challenges to putting people on Mars, whether you look at the rocket, the astronaut or the planet itself.
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The BFR in Images: SpaceX's Giant Spaceship for Mars Colony & Beyond

September 17, 2018 | Image Album

On Sept. 29, 2017, SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company’s latest Mars-colonization architecture, which centers on a rocket-spaceship combo dubbed the BFR (Big F***ing Rocket). See how it works in images.
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'Foreign Object' on Mars Spotted by Curiosity Rover Is Just a Rock

August 18, 2018 | Article

Curiosity photographed an odd, flat object that mission team members initially thought might have fallen off the car-size robot. But the "debris" turned out to be a Red Planet rock.
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Was a Muppet Just Spotted on Mars?

August 15, 2018 | Article

Muppet Labs did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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Search for Alien Life Should Be a Priority, Scientists Tell Senators

August 03, 2018 | Article

Four scientists made the case Aug. 1 to a panel of senators that they should fund NASA's search for life beyond Earth.
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Look Up This Weekend for Closest Mars Views Since 2003

July 27, 2018 | Article

Will the weather cooperate for you to get a good look at Mars at its best during its closest approach this week?
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Who Discovered Mars, Anyway? A Look Back at the History of the Red Planet

July 27, 2018 | Article

Just because we'll never be able to give one sharp-eyed human a name doesn't mean there's nothing interesting to learn about the history of observing Mars.
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Viral Hoax Claims Mars Will Look As Large As the Moon This Weekend

July 26, 2018 | Article

No, Mars won't look as big as the moon this weekend.
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12-Mile-Wide Lake May Be Hiding Beneath Martian Surface

July 25, 2018 | Article

The Red Planet just got quite a bit bluer, with scientists announcing the discovery of what they believe is a lake that's about 12 miles across and hidden below a mile of ice at the south pole of Mars.
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Why Mars Appears to Be Moving Backward

July 16, 2018 | Article

What's really happening when Mars is in retrograde?
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