Martian
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Another suggests that spontaneous convection may once have occurred within the southern Martian mantle.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
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
The first picture taken by the Viking 1 lander was of one of its own footpads—in case it were to sink into Martian quicksand, we wanted to know about it before the spacecraft disappeared.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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
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
“You may as well say Martians have landed, right? It’s hard to wrap your mind around it,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 13, 2023
If only we’d given the Martians time to arrange their death robes, lie down, look fit, and think up some other excuse for dying.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
