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Build colonies or save spacecraft in the best video games set on Mars

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Build colonies or save spacecraft in the best video games set on Mars

As real spacecraft begin to arrive at the Red Planet, let’s celebrate with Mars-based games like Surviving Mars, where you build colonies, and Tharsis, where you captain a doomed spacecraft

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China’s Tianwen-1 mission is now orbiting Mars ahead of landing

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The United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter is about to arrive at Mars

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The United Arab Emirates’ Hope orbiter is about to arrive at Mars

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Lines on Mars could be created by salty water triggering landslides

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The InSight mole team tried to save the mole by pressing on it with the lander's arm scoop, but ultimately couldn't get it to dig down into Mars

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NASA gives up trying to burrow under Mars surface with 'mole' probe

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2021 preview: Three missions will make February 2021 the month of Mars

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2021 preview: Three missions will make February 2021 the month of Mars

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NASA probe on Mars may feel the ground shake as rovers land in 2021

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NASA probe on Mars may feel the ground shake as rovers land in 2021

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Heat inside Mars may have melted ice and made watery habitats for life

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Dust storms on Mars are tossing water from its atmosphere into space

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Mars is unusually close this month – here's how to spot it in the sky

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Mars is unusually close this month – here's how to spot it in the sky

Earth and Mars are closer this month than they have been since 2003. To spot the Red Planet, look for a bright red object towards the east after sunset or west before sunrise, says Abigail Beall

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Mars’s south pole may have an underground lake surrounded by ponds

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Perseverance Mars landing: Will NASA find life?

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Meet NASA's latest Mars Rover: Will Perseverance find life in 2021?

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Ancient valleys on Mars may have been carved by glaciers

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