Instant Genius: Mars

Everything you need to know about Martian science: marsquakes, alien life, colonisation and more.

Published: February 7, 2020 at 11:10 am

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The next great search for life on Mars

12/20/2018
NASA is sending another rover to search for signs of life.
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NASA's Martian habitat contest final stage winners announced

5/9/2019
Following the ‘virtual construction’ stage, the competing teams faced each other in a final ‘build-off’.
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Signs of ancient flowing water found on Mars

3/2/2019
Mars Express images suggest liquid water once flowed freely carving out valleys up to 200km across and 200m deep.
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Wild ideas in science: We've already found life on Mars

1/13/2020
The hunt for life on Mars is one of the hottest topics in astronomy right now. But one scientist thinks that we already found evidence of microbes, back when the Viking landers touched down in the 1970s.
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Bruce Banerdt: What NASA's InSight will tell us about Mars

11/15/2018
By drilling into the surface of Mars, NASA's InSight mission could help us discover more about the structure of the Red Planet, and maybe help us understand the formation of other planets.
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The thought experiment: What would living on Mars do to my body?

3/17/2018
Moving to a planet with reduced gravity and cosmic radiation will present some challenges. And did we mention that the very ground beneath your feet could poison you?
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