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Skywatchers will see both Mars and Uranus in the same field of view overnight using a pair of binoculars. Here's how to spot the planetary pair.

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Of the more than 74,000 known meteorites – rocks that fall to Earth from asteroids or planets colliding together – only 385 or so stones came from the planet Mars.

The prominent pro-natalist shared his donation plan as part of a mission to put a city on the planet before 2044

Musk denies rumours of donating sperm for Mars and focuses on building a Martian society.

The SpaceX founder wants to start his own species on Mars

In 1964, a bunch of mop-topped young men appeared on the BBC’s early evening Tonight programme, being interviewed by a mildly bemused, but not unfriendly, Cliff Michelmore to promote the “Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Long-Haired Men”. Their spokesman, making his first television appearance, was 17-year-old David Jones.

Echoing pronatalism, Musk has also said that he would like to create his own species uniquely bred to survive Mars’s harsh conditions.

Four volunteers pretended to live on Mars for 378 days. For NASA, they investigated how to bring a common household item to another planet.