Martian
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After "Saving Private Ryan," "The Martian" and "Interstellar," many jokes have also been made about Damon once again starring in a film in which his character struggles to get home.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
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
"You see in the show what Martian is like 20 years down the line, compared to someone who is just starting," he says.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
On a Saturday night in February 1949, Radio Quito announced a Martian invasion using the newsflash technique and local place names.
From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow
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“The first new Martians in at least a billion years,” he observes, “are not biological; they are robotic.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 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
Wells published “The War of the Worlds” in which Martians — “intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic” — mount an attack on Earth, specifically against England and the towns and country Wells knew intimately.
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
The Martians stared back up at them for a long, long silent time from the rippling water....
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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