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Map of Mars's methane

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Spongy minerals could explain why Mars gives off methane burps

Zeolites – volcanic minerals that easily trap and release gases – could be responsible for the burps of methane that occasionally come from the Red Planet

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A thermal image coloured red, yellow and green, with a blue channel running through it

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Mars was once devastated by giant 50-metre tsunamis

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Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

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Super-salty Turkish lakes may hold key to spotting life on Mars

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Mars lander

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SpaceX Mars mission is a chance to hunt for life on the planet

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Picture of Mars with clouds

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Unexplained plume over Mars could be caused by solar outburst

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Artist's impression of Dragon 2 capsule landing on Mars

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SpaceX says it will fly to Mars in 2018 – what are its chances?

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Mosaic of Curiosity on surface of Mars

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First direct evidence of ancient Mars's oxygen-rich atmosphere

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Brown pockmarked and streaked surface of Phobos

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Mars moons may have formed after collision with Pluto-like world

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Scott Kelly selfie on the International Space Station, with a view of Earth out the window behind him

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Colonise Mars as humanity's plan B? It's a dangerous fantasy

Scott Kelly's year in space rekindles hope of Mars as humanity's bolthole. Such ambitions are misguided, say Stephen Cave, Lucianne Walkowicz and Huw Price

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Dust devils on Mars may be boosted by their own shadows

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Asteroid barrage may have birthed a short-lived ocean on Mars

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ExoMars probe set to sniff out signs of life on the Red Planet

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'Follow the salt' may be best strategy to find Martian microbes

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