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For decades, earthlings have dispatched spacecraft to Mars to study the planet's dusty surface and its thin atmosphere.
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For decades, earthlings have dispatched spacecraft to Mars to study the planet's dusty surface and its thin atmosphere.
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This was partly because the ancients believed burning incense was a way of connecting earthlings with the gods, according to The Perfume Society.
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For decades, earthlings have dispatched spacecraft to Mars to study the planet's dusty surface and its thin atmosphere.
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In space, an unplanned mishap shoots the Jupiter 2 toward an unknown, beautiful but often unfriendly planet with — what are the odds? — an earthling-friendly atmosphere.
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Advanced Intelligence If intelligent life is nearby, the most straightforward way to find earthlings would be to listen for us.
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Bad news for earthlings: Radiation is killing the helpful bacteria that unexpectedly stopped the rampaging alien army in its tracks.
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The mission is all about life on Mars: the possibility of finding ancient or modern microbial martians, and preparing for earthlings to visit in the future.
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First Known Use of earthling
1593
EARTHLING Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of earthling for English Language Learners
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: a human being living on Earth
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