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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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JUL 31, 2018Chemistry & Physics
We live on Earth, the so-called blue planet. Without water, Earth would not be "blue" at all, not to mention t ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 30, 2018Space & Astronomy
Mars is a bleak and lifeless place today, at least when compared to Earth’s standards. With that in mind, it&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 29, 2018Space & Astronomy
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JUL 31, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
We live on Earth, the so-called blue planet. Without water, Earth would not be "blue" at all, not to mention t
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 30, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Mars is a bleak and lifeless place today, at least when compared to Earth’s standards. With that in mind, it&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 29, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Depending on location, those that turned their attention to the night sky on Friday, July 27th might have noticed a part
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 24, 2018
Space & Astronomy
If you look up into the night sky from July 27th to July 31st, then you might see what appears to be an ultra-luminous s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 20, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
In the near future, the X-ray images from your doctor's office will no longer be just black and white, at least that
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 11, 2018
Space & Astronomy
One of NASA’s long-term goals is to send humankind into deep space to explore other parts of the solar system; thi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The Moon is familiar territory to NASA and to a handful of other space agencies from around the globe, but not so much t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 03, 2018
Space & Astronomy
After a planet-wide dust storm enveloped Mars, NASA’s solar-powered Opportunity rover was forced to enter sleep mo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers want to stop the contamination of extraterrestrial environments by earthly bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 25, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers have been studying Jupiter’s Great Red Spot for decades, and it continues to captivate their attention
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 20, 2018
Videos
As it turns out, we have it pretty good on Earth; the planet’s magnetic field keeps us safe from most forms of har
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 19, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Agency plans to send its ExoMars rover to Mars in 2020 to explore the red planet’s surface for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 13, 2018
Space & Astronomy
If you weren’t already aware, NASA’s solar-powered Opportunity rover is in a bit of a pickle right now. A co
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 12, 2018
Space & Astronomy
There’s a massive dust storm enveloping certain parts of Mars right now, and it just so happens that NASA’s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2018
Space & Astronomy
The possibility that life once existed on Mars is an idea that has captivated planetary scientists for decades. But new
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2018
Videos
Sometimes in those rough moments when life just hits you with some growing pains, it's good to reme
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 23, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Back in December, a critical component of the Mars-based Curiosity rover’s drill stopped working. In particular, t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 22, 2018
Videos
Earth might be our natural home in the solar system, but many scientists propose terraforming nearby planets like Mars a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 16, 2018
Technology
NASA Studies Astrobiology: Life on Earth and Elsewhere
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAY 14, 2018
Videos
Much of the world is getting fired up about sending astronauts to explore extraplanetary bodies such as Mars or the Moon
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2018
Space & Astronomy
We’re used to seeing airplanes and helicopters in the sky on Earth, but scientists still aren’t entirely sur
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 09, 2018
Videos
In case you missed it, NASA launched the InSight mission to Mars from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on May 5th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 09, 2018
Space & Astronomy
All space rocks may look alike to the untrained eye, but scientists know how to tell them apart. Their composition, for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 06, 2018
Space & Astronomy
Over the weekend, NASA received some of the first radio signals from a pair of deep space-bound CubeStats that are colle
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard