Martian
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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
Sunlight scattering through the Martian atmosphere helped create the striking view.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
A local radio station invited them to be interviewed on October 28, two days before the Martian broadcast’s second anniversary.
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
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
Why it was thought sane to invest a reported $100 million in such an odd and particular sensibility is a question even Martians might ponder.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2023
If Europeans and Americans could perform such feats, why not Martians?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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