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Mars: is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury. In English, Mars carries a name of the Roman god of war, and is often referred to as the "Red Planet" because the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance that is distinctive among the astronomical bodies visible to the naked eye. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, having surface features reminiscent both of the impact craters of the Moon and the valleys, deserts, and polar ice caps of Earth.The days and seasons are likewise comparable to those of Earth, because the rotational period as well as the tilt of the rotational axis relative to the ecliptic plane are very similar. Mars is the site of Olympus Mons, the largest volcano and second-highest known mountain in the Solar System, and of Valles Marineris, one of the largest canyons in the Solar System.
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APR 20, 2021
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
APR 17, 2021
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Arizona State University have suggested that two giant blobs of rock cupping the Earth's core are l
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 08, 2021
Space & Astronomy
You may know that the human body is made up of elements that almost all originated in stars, and many of those elements
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2021
Space & Astronomy
NASA's Perseverance rover has found a strange, green rock on the surface of Mars that is having its science team'
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAR 21, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2021
Microbiology
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2021
Earth & The Environment
New research suggests that the lakes underneath Antarctica’s thick ice could be home to more microbial life than t
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 10, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from Florida Atlantic University's Schmidt College of Medicine in collabora
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
FEB 10, 2021
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
FEB 03, 2021
Space & Astronomy
NASA's Perseverance Rover will be reaching Mars soon and it will have to go through a seven minute descent before we kno
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 26, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
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...
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Carmen Leitch
JAN 23, 2021
Earth & The Environment
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...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 05, 2021
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
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Chemistry & Physics
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...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
DEC 14, 2020
Earth & The Environment
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...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 19, 2020
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 14, 2020
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
OCT 01, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from Roma Tre University in Italy have confirmed the existence of four large lakes under the ice at M
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 16, 2020
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
SEP 14, 2020
Plants & Animals
Rest easy, chips-and-dip lovers, the world's guacamole supply has been secured for future generations.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 07, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Hawaii have noticed that the Moon is turning slightly red or 'rusty'- and tha
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 31, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Engineers are continually working on developing more efficient, sustainable batteries – and there has been a lot o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 26, 2020
Space & Astronomy
Researchers from the University of Texas have found that a huge amount of liquid water likely rained down from the skies
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 24, 2020
Microbiology
In 2017, researchers reported that they had identified microbes in Antarctica that could basically survive on only air.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch