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Mars

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

The 51¶¯Âþ Book Club read Kim Stanley Robinson's acclaimed science fiction story about the first settlers on Mars in April – and had a lot to say about it

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Kim Stanley Robinson and Red Mars book

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Author Kim Stanley Robinson revisits his vision of life on Mars

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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

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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

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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

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

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composite picture of Mars

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

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Mars

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

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

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will be launching the Martian Moons eXploration mission next year, which should finally tell us how Mars acquired the moons Phobos and Deimos

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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

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Space

The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

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Mars may once have had a much larger moon

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