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Is there life on Mars?

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Life on Mars? The Search for Signs Goes Back Centuries

Our fascination with alien life on the red planet began long ago.

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An artist's concept of NASA's InSight lander, its sensors, cameras and instruments. InSight was designed to take the first-ever in-depth look at Mars' 'inner space.' (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

How the Search for Little Green Men—or Any Life on Mars—Got Smarter

NASA’s InSight mission, which will dig into the planet’s core, is the latest to explore for signs of life on the red planet.

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Surface of Mars, taken by Viking 1. The round areas are impact craters where asteroids have hit the planet. 1975.

Mars and Martian Mania: A Brief History

As NASA’s rover Curiosity continues the quest to find life on Mars, explore five key events that piqued the public interest in the Red Planet.

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1965

Mariner 4 studies Martian surface

Space Exploration
1997

Pathfinder lands on Mars

Space Exploration
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