Martian
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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
NASA's rovers have already detected organic molecules in Martian rocks, but those compounds alone cannot confirm that life was once present.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 9, 2026
He plays Martian, a veteran CIA operative whose years undercover have left their mark.
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
And I am able to identify large traces of iron and chlorine wafting up in the wind from the Martian soil.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
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
The U.S. and much of the rest of the world had Martians on the brain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2025
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
Lowell deduced that when the planet’s oceans dried up, the Martians built a system of canals thousands of miles long to move water from the polar ice caps to dry areas.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
