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The Search for Life on Mars Is About to Get Weird

May 16, 2017 | Article

Astrobiologists ponder sending gene sequencers, weather stations, drilling rigs and more to the Red Planet
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Make Mars Livable with Asteroids: Researchers Propose Terraforming Plan

April 25, 2017 | Article

A new plan for the "terraformation" of Mars has been scripted by a research team – a blueprint for the red planet to terraform a site on Mars in 2036.
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The First Mars Colony Could Be 3D Printed From Red Planet Dust

April 14, 2017 | Article

A new method could mix dust from the moon or Mars with a series of solvents to create flexible, tough 3D-printed tools.
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Volcanic Activity on Ancient Mars May Have Produced Organic Life

April 07, 2017 | Article

New research suggests that active volcanoes on the Red Planet could have created an environment habitable to ancient microbes.
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Neil deGrasse Tyson: I'll Fly to Mars with SpaceX, After Elon Musk Sends His Mom

April 04, 2017 | Article

Neil deGrasse Tyson is willing to fly to Mars with SpaceX, as long as company founder and CEO Elon Musk meets a few key conditions.
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NASA Mars Probe Completes 50,000th Red Planet Orbit

March 31, 2017 | Article

NASA's sharp-eyed Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has now circled the Red Planet 50,000 times.
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Mars Volcano Died at Same Time As Dinosaurs

March 21, 2017 | Article

Around the same time that the dinosaurs became extinct on Earth, a volcano on Mars went dormant, NASA researchers have learned.
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US-Sized Dust Storms Seen on Mars

March 16, 2017 | Article

Two large dust storms in two weeks, each spanning an area larger than the United States, have researchers pondering the atmospheric dynamics on Mars.
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How Urine Could Help Astronauts Grow Food in Space

March 14, 2017 | Article

Scientists are growing tomatoes in urine to feed future Mars astronauts.
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Mars Colonists Might Need to Radically Alter Their Bodies and Minds

March 12, 2017 | Article

Training in Antarctica or on the International Space Station won't provide adequate preparation for human settlement on Mars, according to new research.
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