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Mars

Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

Life

Rip up the rule book and let NASA's Mars rover check 'life' zone

Contamination fears should not stop NASA sending its Mars rover to examine a nearby area that might contain water… and life, says Dirk Schulze-Makuch

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Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

Life

Is NASA doing enough to look for alien life?

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Map of Mars's methane

Life

Spongy minerals could explain why Mars gives off methane burps

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Space

Mars was once devastated by giant 50-metre tsunamis

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Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

Earth

Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

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Mars lander

Space

SpaceX Mars mission is a chance to hunt for life on the planet

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Picture of Mars with clouds

Space

Unexplained plume over Mars could be caused by solar outburst

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Artist's impression of Dragon 2 capsule landing on Mars

Space

SpaceX says it will fly to Mars in 2018 – what are its chances?

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Mosaic of Curiosity on surface of Mars

Space

First direct evidence of ancient Mars's oxygen-rich atmosphere

Suspicions that Mars once had oxygen-rich air are backed by the NASA Curiosity rover's find of manganese oxide in surface rocks

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Space

Mars moons may have formed after collision with Pluto-like world

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Earth

Colonise Mars as humanity's plan B? It's a dangerous fantasy

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Space

Dust devils on Mars may be boosted by their own shadows

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Space

Asteroid barrage may have birthed a short-lived ocean on Mars

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