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

An instrument on the Perseverance rover has identified large, complex carbon compounds alongside unusual patterns on the surface of rocks that resemble traces of microbial activity

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

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

Culture

Kim Stanley Robinson and Red Mars book

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Author Kim Stanley Robinson revisits his vision of life on Mars

Video

Space

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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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

Culture

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

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

Culture

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

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

Culture

Space

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

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composite picture of Mars

Space

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

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Mars

Space

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

Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet have helped researchers map out an ancient coastline that surrounded a large ocean billions of years ago

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Space

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

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Space

Was 2025 the year we found signs of past life on Mars?

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Environment

How lab-grown lichen could help us to build habitations on Mars

Features

Space

The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

Features

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