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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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OCT 27, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Space telescopes are particularly important pieces of equipment, especially for astrophysicists, planetary scientists, a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 30, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Innumerable amounts of asteroids exist in the asteroid belt that resides between Mars and Jupiter in orbit around the Su
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 29, 2019
Space & Astronomy
If you’ve been paying any attention to SpaceX lately, then you’ve undoubtedly caught wind of the plethora of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 24, 2019
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 23, 2019
Space & Astronomy
When astronomers measure the distance between two distant objects in outer space, the term ‘light-year’ gets
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 22, 2019
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NASA’s upcoming Space Launch System (SLS) rocket has seen delays time and time again due to several miscellaneous
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 15, 2019
Microbiology
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are considered a major threat to public health, which is expected to get more serious.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Psyche mission will investigate the properties of a unique metallic asteroid residing between Mars and Jupi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 15, 2019
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 08, 2019
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 02, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It seems like this past week was a particularly productive one for the team over at NASA. Not only were the two halves o
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 01, 2019
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s InSight mission officially landed on Mars last November, and perhaps unsurprisingly, the media hyped this m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 26, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Back in 2013, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) launched a Mars-orbiting spacecraft dubbed the Mars Orbiter
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Deep space missions, such as those to the Moon and Mars, are in our future. NASA, SpaceX, and other top-tier entities in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 19, 2019
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 19, 2019
Plants & Animals
If we were ever to send humans to Mars for a long-term or permanent visit, then it’d be essential that we develop
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 11, 2019
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 28, 2019
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX made significant progress on its deep-space Starhopper starship project last week after a prototype of the spacec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2019
Space & Astronomy
It’s been 50 years since the late former NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong set foot on the lunar surface and muttered
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2019
Health & Medicine
Last Saturday, the County of San Diego Communications Office reported four pediatric cases of E. coli linked to contact
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 30, 2019
Space & Astronomy
The cold and unforgiving environment in outer space presents a lot of challenges, with one of those being power generati
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 30, 2019
Space & Astronomy
Researchers have been teasing the concept of sending a life-sniffing drone to Saturn’s moon Titan for what seems l
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 23, 2019
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 23, 2019
Space & Astronomy
When planetary scientists deploy space missions to explore other worlds in search of alien life, they often look for sig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard