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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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JUN 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Space junk is a growing problem. The orbital altitudes of Earth are getting so cluttered as we send more stuff into spac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
While NASA and other organizations around the world are setting their sights on Mars, China appears to be ramping up pre
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Will humans ever make it to the red planet? It’s a question that has been surfacing more and more lately and space
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 09, 2017
Videos
NASA eventually wants to send mankind to Mars to explore the planet for traces of life and to test its habitability give
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 to space earlier this month with a previously-used commercial Dragon capsule attached to it. It b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 08, 2017
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Of all the planets orbiting the Sun, perhaps Mars is one of the most interesting. Not only is it more like Earth than an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There are a number of questions that remain about how long-term space travel affects the human body. One of the most cri
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The future of space travel is coming into focus rather quickly in that we’ll soon be relying on reusable rockets a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA recently announced it would be expediting its mission to visit Psyche, a metallic asteroid floating around in the S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The seemingly-endless search for extraterrestrial life in our universe continues on, and while we haven’t found an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There’s no doubt that there’s interest in sending a probe to Europa, one of the 67+ known moons that orbit J
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 12, 2017
Health & Medicine
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
As a part of the Cassini probe’s Grand Finale, it’s tasked with whizzing in between Saturn and its rings and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 08, 2017
Videos
NASA is planning an Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) with the purpose of giving our moon its own moon in order to study a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One of the projects NASA is currently responsible for is developing the Space Launch System (SLS) heavy-lifting rocket.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Stephen Hawking is known for his sometimes-adventurous remarks, but the latest in his observational comments involves th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 04, 2017
Immunology
For social smokers who consider their cardiovascular health to be in good status because they aren’t smoking every
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to spacesuits, NASA only has so many. In fact, NASA just might be running out of them. The high cost that
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Mars 2020 mission will be one the most extensive searches for life on the red planet yet. It will be equipped with b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When NASA sends astronauts into space to study science on the International Space Station, they sometimes get the honor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard