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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 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
Whether it’s an elderly person with heart failure or an astronaut scheduled for a long-duration spaceflight to Mar
...
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
Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and because it’s so large, it’s not particularly difficult
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Most scientists agree that Mars once had a vibrant atmosphere similar to the Earth’s. Such an atmosphere would hav
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2017
Videos
On Earth, we have a very comfortable atmosphere that makes life possible, but one other thing our atmosphere does for us
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2017
Space & Astronomy
As we inch closer to the launch date of the ExoMars 2020 rover, experts from the European Space Agency (ESA) are now con
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 26, 2017
Space & Astronomy
When you look at Mars today, you probably have a hard time believing that the planet ever had any traces of water oceans
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 24, 2017
Videos
In pushing the boundaries of space exploration and potentially colonization, we've heard extensively about Mars. But hav
...
MAR 24, 2017
Plants & Animals
The first astronauts who travel to Mars on behalf of NASA will not only need to set up inside of a survivable habitation
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been roaming the red planet’s seemingly lifeless surface for almost four-and-a-ha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Planetary rings are found around various planets in our Solar System, but for the most part, it’s limited to gassy
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 10, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Anticipation of putting people on Mars is growing, especially because of all the hype from NASA and SpaceX to eventually
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard