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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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NOV 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
Many people who think of the Sun quickly imagine a ball of fire in space, but the Sun isn’t fire at all. It’ ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists that study molecules in cells use a common tool to spotlight the proteins they are interested in - they mark ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2016Space & Astronomy
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Just last month, the European Space Agency attempted to land the Schiaparelli lander on the Martian surface from the Tra ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
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Have you ever seen the Martian moon Phobos before? If you have, you’re probably well aware of how funky it looks. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA has been observing water loss in the Martian atmosphere for one full Martian year (687 Earth days) with the MAVEN m ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 08, 2016Space & Astronomy
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NASA’s Curiosity rover rolls about the red planet’s surface always looking for things out of the ordinary th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 31, 2016Earth & The Environment
This past week actor Mark Ruffalo and Native Renewables founder Wahleah Johns presented Standing Rock Sioux tribal elder ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanOCT 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
Certainly one of the things we will need to get very good at if we’re ever to send humans to Mars to live and stud ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 25, 2016Space & Astronomy
Last week, the European Space Agency had to face-palm after their Trace Gas Orbiter ejected the Schiaparelli Mars lander ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 24, 2016Space & Astronomy
As NASA prepares for the decades to come, which will undoubtedly involve more deep space missions and fewer Internationa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 20, 2016Space & Astronomy
Like NASA, the European Space Agency is trying their best to study Mars. They had hoped to use the ExoMars mission, whic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 18, 2016Space & Astronomy
Without a doubt it’s of high interest to land human beings on the red planet for the first time. Space agencies ar ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 16, 2016Space & Astronomy
There hasn’t been a serious space race since the Cold War, but now things are starting to heat up again. This time ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 14, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope found something really strange inside a star system 1,200 light years away. The host ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 13, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Opportunity Rover is still rolling around on the red planet and being used to the study the surface today, ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 08, 2016Space & Astronomy
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When it comes to travelling to Mars and other planets, we really can’t continue to rely on chemical burn rockets. ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
One of the most important experiments astronauts are performing in space today is attempting to grow plants in space. Am ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
NOV 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Many people who think of the Sun quickly imagine a ball of fire in space, but the Sun isn’t fire at all. It’
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists that study molecules in cells use a common tool to spotlight the proteins they are interested in - they mark
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2016
Space & Astronomy
In 2003, European Space Agency (ESA) scientists were overly excited about the landing of the Beagle 2 probe on the Marti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 23, 2016
Space & Astronomy
In the Summer of 2015, a solar storm reportedly wreaked havoc on the Earth’s magnetic field. During the freak even
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Just last month, the European Space Agency attempted to land the Schiaparelli lander on the Martian surface from the Tra
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
While some are interested in colonizing Mars by sending astronauts there to reside permanently, Russia seems to be inste
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 18, 2016
Earth & The Environment
In a plea addressed to Mr. Trump — as well as President Obama and members of Congress — 365 companies and ma
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
When astronauts go into space for long periods of time to study on the International Space Station, mankind learns a lot
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 12, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Have you ever seen the Martian moon Phobos before? If you have, you’re probably well aware of how funky it looks.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA has been observing water loss in the Martian atmosphere for one full Martian year (687 Earth days) with the MAVEN m
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 08, 2016
Space & Astronomy
China successfully conducted the maiden flight of its Long March 5 rocket this month, which is a heavy-lifting type of r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 04, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Curiosity rover rolls about the red planet’s surface always looking for things out of the ordinary th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 31, 2016
Earth & The Environment
This past week actor Mark Ruffalo and Native Renewables founder Wahleah Johns presented Standing Rock Sioux tribal elder
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
OCT 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Certainly one of the things we will need to get very good at if we’re ever to send humans to Mars to live and stud
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 25, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Last week, the European Space Agency had to face-palm after their Trace Gas Orbiter ejected the Schiaparelli Mars lander
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 24, 2016
Space & Astronomy
As NASA prepares for the decades to come, which will undoubtedly involve more deep space missions and fewer Internationa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 20, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Like NASA, the European Space Agency is trying their best to study Mars. They had hoped to use the ExoMars mission, whic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 18, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Without a doubt it’s of high interest to land human beings on the red planet for the first time. Space agencies ar
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There hasn’t been a serious space race since the Cold War, but now things are starting to heat up again. This time
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 14, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope found something really strange inside a star system 1,200 light years away. The host
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 13, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Opportunity Rover is still rolling around on the red planet and being used to the study the surface today,
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 08, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA has been exploring Mars since the 1960’s, but it wasn’t until today’s modern technology and advan
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
When it comes to travelling to Mars and other planets, we really can’t continue to rely on chemical burn rockets.
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
One of the most important experiments astronauts are performing in space today is attempting to grow plants in space. Am
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard