A planetary catastrophe played out over billions of years: Mars lost its magnetic heart, and the solar wind devoured what remained of its atmosphere.
A volcanic lake's silent exhalation became the deadliest natural disaster nobody heard coming—teaching scientists that some catastrophes announce themselves not with a bang, but with an invisible, suffocating fog.
Paris (AFP) Sept 28, 2015 - Scientists on Monday announced the strongest evidence yet of liquid water on Mars, raising the distant prospect of microscopic life on the Red Planet.
Miami (AFP) Sept 25, 2015 - Surviving in space is hard and scientists say The Martian shows precisely what challenges astronauts will face on a pioneering mission to Mars, even though it contains some big inaccuracies right from the get-go.
Washington (AFP) Sept 09, 2013 - More than 200,000 people from 140 countries have applied to go to Mars and never return, the group behind an ambitious venture to colonize the inhospitable red planet said Monday.
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