# Mars

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"An adventure of a lifetime.." This Irish doctor's also on the shortlist to go to Mars

Dr Catherine McGrath joins Trinity scientist Joseph Roche and Cork-based IT engineer Steve Menaa on the list of Irish-based candidates for the ambitious ‘Mars One’ project.

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Apr 21st 2014, 8:45 AM

Voices

Column: Look up! The Red Planet is continuing to shine brightly in the night sky

With Mars currently in opposition, and shining with an orange tinge, Conor Farrell explores our fascination with the Red Planet.

Apr 10th 2014, 7:30 PM

# clear eyes round heart

Astronauts' hearts grow rounder in space, finds study

Astronauts’ hearts also got weaker because the heart doesn’t work as hard in space, say researchers.

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Mar 29th 2014, 4:15 PM

# Say Cheese

We're being snapped from Mars

NASA’s curiosity rover has taken its first photo of Earth from Mars.

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Feb 7th 2014, 11:31 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Happy Wednesday… Here’s the nine things you need to know this morning.

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Jan 29th 2014, 8:43 AM

# interstellar trekker

Is there life on Mars? Ten years on the Opportunity rover is still looking

The rover was only supposed to run for 90 days, but 10 years a 40 Martian kilometers later, it shows no signs of stopping.

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Jan 25th 2014, 10:00 AM

Voices

Column: Why is Pluto not a planet?

Most of us grew up learning that there were nine planets in the Solar System. But why did Pluto get demoted? Conor Farrell explains how our understanding of the icy body changed.

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Jan 17th 2014, 12:55 PM

# Prime Numbers

High Court, Mars, and Niall Horan: The week in numbers

Plus: Where did Michael Noonan rank out of Europe’s Finance Ministers in a Financial Times list?

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Jan 11th 2014, 7:30 PM

# Mars One Mission

Meet the Irish man who's been shortlisted to go to Mars and never come back

Dr Joseph Roche, from Kildare, is one of 1,000 people shortlisted for the Mars One colony mission.

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Jan 9th 2014, 12:57 PM

# Polar Vortex

Temperatures colder than Mars cause 21 deaths across the United States

The extreme cold weather is causing chaos across the United States and Canada as temperatures plunge as low as -37 degrees Celsius.

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Jan 8th 2014, 10:00 AM

# Mission to Mars

One-way trip to Mars? Sign me up, says French woman

Florence Porcel is down to the last 1,000 candidates for the six-month, no-return trip.

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Jan 8th 2014, 7:20 AM

# ten nine eight

NASA's MAVEN Mars mission launches from Kennedy Space Center

Arrival at Mars is scheduled for September 2014.

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Nov 18th 2013, 7:09 PM

# News Fix

Here’s What Happened Today: Sunday

Everybody’s talking about Ireland pledging more towards the Philippines, the botched armed robbery in Drogheda and the plane crash in Russia.

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Nov 17th 2013, 7:58 PM

# Mars

India to launch first Mars mission tomorrow

The country is aiming to become the only Asian nation to reach the Red Planet.

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Nov 4th 2013, 9:46 PM

# misperceptions

A spaceship crash, near apocalypse, and six other major miscalculations and mistakes

You’ll be making sure your i’s are dotted and your t’s crossed after this.

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Oct 26th 2013, 9:15 AM

# Red Planet

Life on Mars? Not looking likely, says new NASA study

New findings from NASA’s Curiosity rover found only tiny amounts of methane gas in the atmosphere, making it unlikely that there was life on Mars.

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Sep 19th 2013, 10:14 PM

# food on mars

Space food researchers emerge after four months on 'Mars'

The six people spent four months living in Hawaii in a simulated exercise, eating foods made from shelf-stable ingredients.

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Aug 13th 2013, 11:38 AM

# NASA

Curiosity rover marks one ground-breaking year of life on Mars

Today will see special NASA livestream events taking place to mark the work of the rover over the past 12 months.

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Aug 6th 2013, 6:50 AM

# NASA

7-year-old boy writes to NASA, gets amazing reply

Here’s the full correspondence, as revealed by Dexter’s dad.

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Jul 12th 2013, 12:15 PM

# Mars

Aging Mars rover makes new water discoveries

The unmanned solar-powered vehicle has just analysed what may be its oldest rock ever, known as Esperance 6, which contains evidence that potentially life-supporting water once flowed in abundance.

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Jun 7th 2013, 9:01 PM

# Red Planet

Mars is the next challenge for astronauts - but landing is the biggest obstacle

The Curiosity rover is the size of a small car – but now researchers are looking at how to land something the size of a two-storey house on Mars.

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May 12th 2013, 9:15 AM

# mars todger

Mars Rover draws huge willy on planet surface

Pffft.

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Apr 24th 2013, 5:59 PM

# rude planet

Men are from Mars: €1.9bn NASA Rover draws penis on red planet

The unfortunate sketch was found on the NASA website.

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Apr 24th 2013, 3:09 PM

# sitdown sunday

Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads

The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

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Apr 21st 2013, 10:00 AM

# Mars

Mars missions scaled back in April because of sun

For much of April, the sun blocks the line of sight between Earth and Mars, making it difficult for engineers to send instructions or hear from spacecraft Curiosity and Opportunity.

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Apr 5th 2013, 6:30 AM

# what does that do

11 Google products and services you never knew existed

You can explore Mars, for starters.

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Mar 23rd 2013, 8:45 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.

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Mar 13th 2013, 8:45 AM

# Curiosity

Life on Mars: it was possible

Nasa Curiosity Rover, which is living on the Red Planet, has taken samples of rock for analysis by scientists back home.

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Mar 13th 2013, 8:28 AM

# final frontier

Are humans or robots the future of space travel?

“We are a long way from the Terminator, or the Matrix” says Nasa chief historian.

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Mar 3rd 2013, 9:15 AM

# Mars

Tycoon wants to send couple on Mars mission

Many of the finer details of the Inspiration Mars project – initially funded by the world’s first space tourist Dennis Tito – have yet to be worked out but it is hoped it will allow for zero-gravity sex.

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Feb 28th 2013, 8:56 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning. Here are nine things to know as you start your day.

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Feb 28th 2013, 8:41 AM

# Mars

Life on Mars? Maybe not. NASA rows back on findings

NASA has downplayed talk of a ‘major discovery’ by its Curiosity rover after remarks by the mission chief raised hopes it may have unearthed evidence life once existed on the planet.

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Dec 4th 2012, 8:26 AM