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  • FUTURES

Wild strawberries on Mars

Seeing red.
By
  1. Stephen L. Antczak

    1. Stephen L. Antczak is currently working towards a PhD in psychology, and makes videos for his YouTube channel, @INerdius. He has no desire to live on Mars.

A space rover drags a trailer across the arid landscape of Mars as the Sun sets behind it

Illustration: Jacey

“I can’t wait to get back to Earth,” my passenger said. “I don’t know how you can live here.”

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-01243-4

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