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Nasa InSight probe lands safely on Mars
Speed Read New probe set to study the deep interior of the Red Planet
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Liquid water ‘lake’ found on Mars
Speed Read Researchers say it is the first evidence of a persistent body of water on the red planet
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Why Nasa has lost contact with its Opportunity rover on Mars
Speed Read ‘Unprecedented’ dust storm has engulfed the red planet for past two weeks
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Nasa defends decision to send people to moon before Mars
Speed Read Space agency’s new boss says the two missions are far from incompatible
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Nasa InSight: Mars rover hunts for answers on Earth’s formation
The Week Recommends The spacecraft will lift off tomorrow on a six-month journey to the red planet
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Nasa trials nuclear reactor to power settlement on Mars
Speed Read Compact system designed to sustain long-term human colonisation
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‘Jaffa quake’ causes Twitter outrage as McVitie’s cuts pack size
Speed Read Fans call decision to slash the number of cakes in a packet from 12 to 10 as ‘sacrilege’
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Winston Churchill's views on aliens revealed in lost essay
Speed Read World War II prime minister predicted space travel and was open to the idea that extra-terrestrials existed
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ExoMars mission: Schiaparelli feared lost on Mars
Speed Read European Space Agency waits for news from space probe after losing contact minutes before it was due to land
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Obama calls for manned mission to Mars by 2030s
Speed Read US President to meet scientists, engineers and students this week to 'dream up ways to find the next frontiers'
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How bacteria from tea could help colonise Mars
Speed Read Scientists say they can make 'wonder material' that could create livable conditions in space
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Lift off for Europe and Russia's joint mission to Mars
Speed Read Satellite's search for methane gas will show whether life existed on the red planet
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Nasa discovery boosts hopes of life on Mars
Speed Read US space agency to send astronauts 'in near future' after evidence of flowing water found on red planet
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Double moon 27 August: hoax returns to fool Facebook yet again
Speed Read A rumour is doing the rounds that there will be a 'spectacular double moon' in the sky in late August but astronomers say it's all nonsense
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