Martian
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The researchers analyzed seismic data collected by NASA's InSight mission, focusing on waves generated by meteoroid impacts and marsquakes, the Martian equivalent of earthquakes.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
One theory for the origin of the Martian moons -- the "giant impact" hypothesis -- is that they formed after a celestial body collided with Mars.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
NASA's Curiosity rover has encountered an extraordinary landscape while climbing through a Martian valley nicknamed "Valle Grande."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026
"Imagine you're a Martian, you're just about to invade Earth, you're hiding in the moon... and suddenly you meet the martial music of the bagpipe."
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
She looked at me all wide-eyed, like I was a Martian right off of a spaceship.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
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He’s been jamming with The Internet again, his collective with childhood friends Syd and Matt Martians, who emerged from the Odd Future nexus to become a pacesetting act for young R&B and hip-hop fans.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
Spotted in July 2024, the reddish mudstone contains organic compounds and other minerals that could have supported bygone microbial Martians.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026
Quirk was always a few covers away: The Day The Martians Landed, screamed one headline, with two alien spaceships looming dramatically; or ESP: Fact Or Fiction, as part of a series of "eternal controversies".
From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2023
Belief in Martians sprang in large part from a wealthy amateur astronomer, Percival Lowell, who built the observatory that still bears his name.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 25, 2023
Just suppose, now, that there were Martians living on Mars and they saw our ship coming and saw us inside our ship and hated us.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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