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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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OCT 02, 2016
Videos
At the end of September, SpaceX test-fired their Raptor engine, which fires using a chemical combustion process between
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Whenever there’s an Earthquake on Earth, the rocks that make up the ground grind against one another through the h
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 21, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Last year at this time a Dutch construction company called VolkerWessels released their plans to build roads from plasti
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 18, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It is understood that Mars was probably once a water hole with tons of rivers and streams of running water, but after it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
A team of researchers from UC Santa Cruz, led by Michael Nayak, have been studying the strange chain of craters that app
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 31, 2016
Earth & The Environment
Six scientists spent 365 days in a geodesic dome set in a Mars-like environment 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea leve
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 17, 2016
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 15, 2016
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX is reportedly in the middle of testing a new type of engine rocket that could be utilized for Martian travel. &nb
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 13, 2016
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Earth is the oddball in our Solar System because it supports life. There has, to date, not been any evidence of intellig
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 07, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
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...
AUG 03, 2016
Neuroscience
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...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 02, 2016
Cardiology
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...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 29, 2016
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
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JUL 26, 2016
Videos
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...
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Anthony Bouchard
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Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 20, 2016
Plants & Animals
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 16, 2016
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2016
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 06, 2016
Space & Astronomy
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...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 04, 2016
Plants & Animals
As mankind gets ever-so-closer to putting boots down on Mars’ surface, there are a lot of challenges that need to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard