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Martian

[mahr-shuhn] / ˈmɑr ʃən /




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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

“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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