Amanda Kooser is a New Mexico-based journalist who covers quirky and unusual science stories. She’s explored a mushroom growing on a frog, perfume for dogs and strange rocks on Mars. As a freelance writer, Kooser has delved into gadgets, geek culture, public schools, weird foods, transatlantic travel, broadband and Route 66.
Too bad there’s no champagne on Mars . Nov. 12 is the day to pop open a bottle to toast the new year on the red planet. Mars fans on Earth can still break out into “Auld Lang Syne” to mark the occasion. It won’t roll around again until late 2026.
Today marks the kickoff for the 38th Martian year. That might seem like a low number. “The convention for counting years in the Martian calendar started in 1955, with the first year coinciding with a major storm named ‘the great dust storm of 1956,’”in statement. Numbering the years gives scientists a common point of reference that predates the first successful Mars flyby mission—NASA’s Mariner 4 in 1965. Since then, humanity has sent a succession of spacecraft and rovers to visit the planet.
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