often capitalized
: of or relating to the planet Mars or its hypothetical inhabitants
martian
noun
often capitalized
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For looks that are out of this world, try out a martian and astronaut costume this Halloween.
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Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 21 Aug. 2023
The vital exchange between martian and terran exploration has inspired missions like Perseverance and those lined up to follow.
—Marissa Grunes, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
Researchers found it in the Allan Hills region of Antarctica on a meteorite-hunting expedition in 1984, and brought to the Meteorite Processing Laboratory of the Johnson Space Center (JSC), where the rock’s martian origin was discovered almost a decade later in 1993.
—Elise Cutts, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
Scientists know that there’s ice beneath the martian surface.
—Erika K. Carlson, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2019
Hope began orbiting Mars in 2021 to study the martian atmosphere.
—Byjeffrey Brainard, science.org, 27 Apr. 2023
Stored in 43 ultraclean tubes, those samples represent the start of a multibillion-dollar, multinational effort to collect martian rocks and return them for analysis on Earth; two follow-up missions to retrieve the samples are planned for later this decade.
—Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 23 Feb. 2021
After some 15 prolific years on the martian surface, NASA’s Opportunity rover has gone silent.
—John Wenz, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2019
November 26 at 2:54 ET, NASA’s InSight lander touched down successfully on the martian surface.
—Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2018
Juliana Labianca, Good Housekeeping, 21 Aug. 2023
The vital exchange between martian and terran exploration has inspired missions like Perseverance and those lined up to follow.
—Marissa Grunes, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2023
Researchers found it in the Allan Hills region of Antarctica on a meteorite-hunting expedition in 1984, and brought to the Meteorite Processing Laboratory of the Johnson Space Center (JSC), where the rock’s martian origin was discovered almost a decade later in 1993.
—Elise Cutts, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
Scientists know that there’s ice beneath the martian surface.
—Erika K. Carlson, Discover Magazine, 16 Dec. 2019
Hope began orbiting Mars in 2021 to study the martian atmosphere.
—Byjeffrey Brainard, science.org, 27 Apr. 2023
Stored in 43 ultraclean tubes, those samples represent the start of a multibillion-dollar, multinational effort to collect martian rocks and return them for analysis on Earth; two follow-up missions to retrieve the samples are planned for later this decade.
—Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 23 Feb. 2021
After some 15 prolific years on the martian surface, NASA’s Opportunity rover has gone silent.
—John Wenz, Discover Magazine, 28 Dec. 2019
November 26 at 2:54 ET, NASA’s InSight lander touched down successfully on the martian surface.
—Chelsea Gohd, Discover Magazine, 26 Nov. 2018
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“Martian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/martian. Accessed 20 Apr. 2024.
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