Mars

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Curiosity arrived on Mars in 2012 to investigate whether the planet once had conditions suitable for microbial life.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

The analysis was carried out using the Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite, known as SAM.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

There, Lowell convinced himself that alien-built canals crisscrossed the Martian surface, though anyone who has observed Mars with a similar telescope knows it’s hard to see much detail at all.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

NASA’s Mars Sample Return mission was supposed to do that in the 2030s, but the mission grew too bloated and expensive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

I’d been in the middle of a dream where I’d won the title of All-Time Greatest Scientist after discovering irrefutable evidence of life on Mars.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas