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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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MAR 24, 2017Plants & 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 BouchardMAR 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Curiosity rover has been roaming the red planet’s seemingly lifeless surface for almost four-and-a-ha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2017Space & 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 BouchardMAR 10, 2017Space & Astronomy
Anticipation of putting people on Mars is growing, especially because of all the hype from NASA and SpaceX to eventually ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 09, 2017Videos
When small whirlwinds or vortexes of air occur, you sometimes get the chance to experience what are known as dust devils ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 08, 2017Plants & Animals
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A new study published in Nature features the mineralized remains of what the team of scientists from University College ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
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Here on Earth, we have something called volcanoes. We think we understand them very well; they’re essentially vent ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA has been throwing around the idea of leasing the International Space Station (ISS) to commercial entities when it f ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
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It seems like the world of animal cruelty is so vast and ever-expanding. Whatever goes through the minds of people at th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 01, 2017Earth & The Environment
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The moon is the brightest object in the night sky, often illuminating the planet with reflected light from the Sun, whic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 24, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA this month shared a really cool image of the Earth and the Moon as they appear from Mars, a distance of around 127 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
Curiosity is just one mankind’s many robotic explorers that has been sent to Mars to help observe the planet&rsquo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
One thing NASA wants to do within just a few more decades it put mankind on Mars. Whether they’re settle there per ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
Using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), NASA has, for the first time, been able to observe the cumulative growth of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 04, 2017Space & Astronomy
Ceres, once known to be the largest asteroid in the Asteroid Belt in between Mars and Jupiter, was re-classified as a dw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 21, 2016Space & Astronomy
The Curiosity Rover on Mars is always searching for interesting things that might help researchers answer the long-lasti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
There was a catastrophic rocket explosion on SpaceX’s home launch pad not too long ago during a point in time when ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 14, 2016Infographics
With the recent passing of the great John Glenn, a man who will forever be remembered as the first American to orbit the ...DEC 13, 2016Space & Astronomy
Looking for water in our solar system is a good way to begin our search for extraterrestrial life, but it's not exac ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
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
MAR 09, 2017
Videos
When small whirlwinds or vortexes of air occur, you sometimes get the chance to experience what are known as dust devils
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 08, 2017
Plants & Animals
While it’s typical of illegal hunters to find their victims in the wild, four-year-old white Rhino named Vince fro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 02, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in Nature features the mineralized remains of what the team of scientists from University College
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There is certainly a lot of determination to get to Mars, and among some of the biggest organizations behind that determ
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Here on Earth, we have something called volcanoes. We think we understand them very well; they’re essentially vent
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA has been throwing around the idea of leasing the International Space Station (ISS) to commercial entities when it f
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is very interested in learning exactly how long term space missions affect the human body, and thanks to the experi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The International Space Station is used every day by astronauts from official space agencies of countries around the wor
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2017
Plants & Animals
It seems like the world of animal cruelty is so vast and ever-expanding. Whatever goes through the minds of people at th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 01, 2017
Earth & The Environment
The World Economic Forum (WEF) took place in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday and brought positive news for the environmen
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The moon is the brightest object in the night sky, often illuminating the planet with reflected light from the Sun, whic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 24, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA this month shared a really cool image of the Earth and the Moon as they appear from Mars, a distance of around 127
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Curiosity is just one mankind’s many robotic explorers that has been sent to Mars to help observe the planet&rsquo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
One thing NASA wants to do within just a few more decades it put mankind on Mars. Whether they’re settle there per
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Using the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), NASA has, for the first time, been able to observe the cumulative growth of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 04, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Ceres, once known to be the largest asteroid in the Asteroid Belt in between Mars and Jupiter, was re-classified as a dw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 21, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The Curiosity Rover on Mars is always searching for interesting things that might help researchers answer the long-lasti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There was a catastrophic rocket explosion on SpaceX’s home launch pad not too long ago during a point in time when
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 14, 2016
Infographics
With the recent passing of the great John Glenn, a man who will forever be remembered as the first American to orbit the
...
DEC 13, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Looking for water in our solar system is a good way to begin our search for extraterrestrial life, but it's not exac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard