“That Mars is habitable by beings of some sort or other is as certain as it is uncertain what these beings may be,” wrote Percival Lowell in the early 20th century. While the theories of this well-heeled amateur astronomer might seem fanciful when viewed from 2025, given what was known at the time, a large percentage of the public found …
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