Martian
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A new image captured on June 13, 2026, shows the rover as a tiny green speck against the Martian landscape, just one day before it officially reached the distance milestone.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026
If a Martian came to Earth and wanted to know what made the Stones special, a listen to “Sticky Fingers” would make it abundantly clear.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
"Martian was once idealistic and full of hope, then his moral compass gets eroded by the things he has to do and the sacrifices that go into it."
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Though Musk’s visions of giant rocket ships, orbiting AI data centers and Martian cities remain mostly aspirational, SpaceX is now the sixth most valuable U.S.-listed company with a market cap over $2.5 trillion.
From Barron's ● Jun. 17, 2026
We might even imagine a kind of Martian Johnny Appleseed, robot or human, roaming the frozen polar wastes in an endeavor that benefits only the generations of humans to come.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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
We’re saved only because the Martians are infected by terrestrial germs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 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
In the background, church bells toll, warning the public to evacuate because the Martians are coming.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
