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We Might Be Martians: The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Genomes

Planning on looking at your family tree? If you go back far enough in time, you might discover relatives who used to live on Mars. While that notion may seem a little far-fetched at first, don't laugh. According to MIT News, many scientists consider that life on Earth may be descended from organisms that arrived here from...

New Images Show Mars' North Pole Shifting in the Wind

New images of Mars show that ice and gusts of wind are constantly reshaping a huge region of the red planet. The images, taken with the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, document sand dunes on the north pole of the planet over four years, revealing that they are...

Sex in Space: The Final Frontier

Well, it had to come up at some point. With all the recent talk about a possible manned mission to Mars, one topic that hasn't had a lot of discussion is this: If we send colonists to the red planet, will sex in space be a problem? And just how much fun is it to experience zero-gravity nookie? Presumably, if we're going...

Why Volunteer for a One-Way Mission to Mars?

If NASA put out the word that it was looking for volunteers to suit up for the first manned mission to Mars, the line outside Cape Canaveral might stretch from there to the moon. But what if they said it was a nine-month trip on a cramped spaceship and there was a possibility you wouldn't be coming home? Despite the...

NASA Planning One-Way Manned Mission to Mars

(Oct. 27) -- We are going to Mars and not coming back. At a recent event in San Francisco, NASA Ames Research Center Director Pete Worden introduced the Hundred Year Starship initiative, a project to embark on a one-way mission from Earth to Mars by 2030 and permanently settle the red planet. "The human space program is...

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Old Meteorite Reveals Clues In Red Planet Mystery

A meteorite that fell to Earth more than 40 years ago is helping scientists unlock clues regarding the makeup of Mars' atmosphere and its potential implications to help shape future missions to search for evidence of life on the Red Planet, a new study finds.

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Ancient Rock Helps Unlock Secret Of Planet's Past

A new look at an ancient volcanic blast on Mars suggests that the Red Planet was much more Earth-like billions of years ago, with abundant surface water and a relatively thick atmosphere, scientists say.

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Dead Mars Spacecraft Captured On Camera By NASA Orbiter (PHOTO)

A NASA probe orbiting Mars has captured new photos of two dead spacecraft frozen in place at their Red Planet graves.

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03/02/12 A stargazer's delight - planet Mars to glow red in the... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK Stargazers and astronomers are excitedly waiting to see Mars in the night sky this weekend when the planet is at its closest to Earth in over two years - making it visible to the naked eye.
11/07/11 Red Planet writing prize returns Source: Broadcast The Red Planet Prize will award the winner a Â£5,000 cash prize and entry to a mentoring scheme, which currently hosts more than 40 new writers found through the initiative.
10/13/11 Red Planet Hotels Now Has 3,000+ Rooms Under... Source: Asia Travel Tips Red Planet Hotels has over 3,000 rooms under construction for the pioneering value Tune Hotels brand.
12/23/10 Red planet Source: BBC World News Now the only place they have to practice is in the narrow confines of Viktoria's grandmother's backyard.
12/20/10 CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Space Dust from the Red Planet Source: All About Jazz In the midst of his battle with lymphona, Dean Magraw and his Red Planet (Chris Bates, Jay Epstein) released Space Dust (GoneJazz, 2009), filled with the trio's celestial wanderings on covers of Hendrix and Coltrane as well as compositions from Dean and Chris.