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Kim Stanley Robinson and Red Mars book

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Author Kim Stanley Robinson revisits his vision of life on Mars

As our book club revisits Red Mars, Kim Stanley Robinson reflects on imagining a 2026 Mars mission — and how today’s colonisation plans and climate realities measure up.

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Why the lack of water on Mars is so mysterious

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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

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Author of Red Mars calls 'bullshit' on emigrating to the planet

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Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

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Why Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars is still a classic, 34 years on

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Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

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Read an extract from Kim Stanley Robinson's sci-fi classic Red Mars

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Fluorescent ruby-like gems have been found on Mars for the first time

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composite picture of Mars

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Mars's gravity may help control Earth’s cycle of ice ages

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Mars once had a vast sea the size of the Arctic Ocean

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2026 Mars mission will set out to solve the mystery of its moons

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Was 2025 the year we found signs of past life on Mars?

Tantalising signs of past microbial life showed up on Mars this year, but to truly know whether they contain the answer to the biggest question in the universe, we will need to bring samples back to Earth

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How lab-grown lichen could help us to build habitations on Mars

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The essential guide to proving we’ve found alien life

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Mars may once have had a much larger moon

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Caves carved by water on Mars may hold signs of past life

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