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

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

Eight newfound Martian cliffs made up of layers of ice could tell us how the Red Planet's climate has changed in the past several million years

News

Falcon Heavy rocket

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

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Mars rocks may have drunk up all the water and doomed life there

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Mars storm

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Mars overdue a planet-wide dust storm that could harm the rovers

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Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars

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Trump directs NASA to send astronauts to the moon and then Mars

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Why brewing beer in space is more important than you think

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Why brewing beer in space is more important than you think

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Streaky slopes on Mars

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Signs of running water on Mars dunes are probably just dry sand

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Boiling water on Mars could make the planet's sand levitate

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Boiling water on Mars could make the planet's sand levitate

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A moon base

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It was always crazy to shoot for Mars before colonising the moon

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Gale Crater on Mars

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Methane burps on young Mars helped it keep its liquid water

The mystery of how water on Mars lasted for millions of years may come down to methane explosions that warmed the planet enough to melt ice and make rivers flow

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Elon Musk’s new plans for a moon base and a Mars mission by 2022

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Snap decisions: Thomas Ruff's show is, literally, off colour

Culture

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NASA insists it is going to Mars, but it really can't afford to

Insight

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Chris Hadfield: We should live on the moon before a trip to Mars

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