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While we earthlings prepare for a rare total solar eclipse that will pass over North America, Mars had one of its own earlier this year.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
What are some of the interesting things that we earthlings might experience as the eclipse happens?
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
Eclipse on Mars While we earthlings prepare for a rare total solar eclipse that will pass over North America, Mars recently had one of its own.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
But this is not 1961, a time when earthlings weren’t concerned about spreading their biological junk off planet.
—Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
What are some of the interesting things that we earthlings might experience as the eclipse happens?
—Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
Eclipse on Mars While we earthlings prepare for a rare total solar eclipse that will pass over North America, Mars recently had one of its own.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
But this is not 1961, a time when earthlings weren’t concerned about spreading their biological junk off planet.
—Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2024
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earthling
noun
earth·ling
ˈərth-liŋ 
: one who lives on the planet earth
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