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The surface of Mars

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Mars could have been habitable 100 million years before Earth

The magma ocean that covered early Mars crystallised into a crust faster than we thought, which would have given life on the Red Planet a head start

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The Habitat: Podcast power turns us into terraformers

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Team moon vs team Mars: the battle over the future of NASA

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A simulated view of Opportunity rover on Mars

Space

NASA’s Opportunity rover is stuck in a huge dust storm on Mars

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Mars has complex organic material that may be from ancient life

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Mars has complex organic material that may be from ancient life

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Life

We need to grab some rocks from Mars – let's just get on with it

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NASA is sending an autonomous helicopter to Mars in 2020

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NASA is sending an autonomous helicopter to Mars in 2020

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NASA sent a robot to the Red Planet to listen for marsquakes

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NASA sent a robot to the Red Planet to listen for marsquakes

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Space

Was SpaceX launch about progress in space, or just a giant ad?

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Space

Delicate solar panels of Martian lander are tested before launch

The arrays are due to open for real in November to power a two-year mission to probe the guts of Mars and reveal how rocky planets' core, mantle and crust form

Regulars

Space

SpaceX's rocket test wasn't a complete success - but was close

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Space

7 things we thought were made by aliens, but weren't... probably

Features

Space

Mars has ice sheets 130 metres thick hiding below its red dust

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Space

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket test is the start of a race to Mars

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