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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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SEP 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Today, Mars is a dry place, but it wasn’t always like that. Concentrated river deposits throughout the red planet&
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
With only a few decades to come before NASA wants to start putting humankind on Mars to study it in person, the space ag
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s got a plethora of landers, orbiters, and rovers studying the Martian surface for clues about its environmen
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 12, 2017
Videos
Earlier this month, SpaceX completed a successful test fire of the engine that will power the commercial space company's
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The longstanding question of whether we’re alone in the universe brings up a stressing amount of follow-up questio
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 04, 2017
Videos
Humans have explored the solar system for decades with various kinds of spacecraft. Some were designed to orbit the Eart
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 02, 2017
Immunology
If you have an autoimmune disease, your risk of heart disease automatically goes up. From the Hospital del Mar Medical R
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If you were to observe the South pole of Mars, you would see lots of dark spider-shaped landforms known as araneiforms.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 29, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s upcoming InSight mission will be the first of any to go to Mars and investigate the deep subsurface of the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA has hyped up the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) since its inception, but only as the telescope nears completion
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 16, 2017
Videos
People typically think of a 'moon' as a natural secondary object orbiting a planet that orbits a host star. For example,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
TRAPPIST-1 has been somewhat of a cosmic mystery since its deepest and darkest exoplanetary secrets were unveiled earlie
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 14, 2017
Videos
Did you ever dream of being an astronaut as a kid? Perhaps you had visions of yourself in a rocket ship or walking on th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Space exploration is becoming a staple of modern science, which means we’re sending more landers and satellites in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When you stop to ponder about putting mankind on Mars, two the biggest names in the space industry that come to mind are
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope does more than just observe the distant cosmos; it also peeks at the nearby objects
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 17, 2017
Videos
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
We have a bevy of exploration equipment visiting Mars right now; some are orbiting the red planet, while some are physic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Have you heard of the tardigrade before? These microscopic critters are considered by many scientists around the world t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 11, 2017
Videos
Mars is one of the closest and potentially-habitable planets to Earth in our Solar System, and that's why it has remaine
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
We’ve been sending rovers to Mars for years just to find out whether or not the red planet has the means to suppor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2017
Videos
Experts in the space transportation field, including NASA, SpaceX, and other agencies/companies alike are taking the ide
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2017
Videos
If there's another planet out there in our solar system, where could it be? That's a question that astronomers have been
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter recently photographed NASA’s Curiosity Rover with its High Resolution Imaging Scie
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard