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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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DEC 20, 2015Videos
In 1969, when NASA landed mankind on the Moon for the very first time, it was no easy task; and NASA wasn't even sure th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 12, 2015Space & Astronomy
On Friday, three International Space Station astronauts, including United States’ Kjell Lindgren, Russia’s O ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
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NASA's mission to explore the atmosphere and evolution of the climate on Mars reported some startling information this w ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 09, 2015Space & Astronomy
The surface of the Earth and the surface of the Moon share similar surface compositions. One of the main differences bet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2015Space & Astronomy
The red planet in our solar system, Mars, is a lot like Earth in many ways, but the reason that it doesn’t appear ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 05, 2015Videos
What little kid hasn't dreamed of being an astronaut? Well, now someone's dream is going to come true. NASA announced th ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 02, 2015Space & Astronomy
Mars, the red planet after Earth in our solar system, has been getting a lot of attention lately. Whether it’s the ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 27, 2015Space & Astronomy
In a rare event this week, sky gazers will be able to see three aligned planets in the Eastern skies at night amongst th ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 25, 2015Space & Astronomy
Earlier in the month, NASA revealed publicly the agency’s plans to try and send humans into deep space missions wh ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 19, 2015Space & Astronomy
Just last week, U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly broke a U.S. record by having spent more than 383 cumulative days in space, w ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 16, 2015Space & Astronomy
Part I of this article explained how a team from MIT has come up with a revolutionary new weight and cost-saving plan fo ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopOCT 16, 2015Space & Astronomy
It wasn’t that long ago that NASA outlined their plans to send humans to Mars within the next few decades, where t ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 16, 2015Space & Astronomy
Going to Mars is something we Earthlings have wanted to do for centuries. By some estimates, we’ve had the necessa ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopOCT 16, 2015Videos
The news that evidence of water has been found on Mars is exciting, but what scientists are learning now is even more si ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 09, 2015Space & Astronomy
Mankind has been considering the idea of putting astronauts on Mars for the longest time, but this week, NASA has offici ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 08, 2015Earth & The Environment
The Earth may look like a cool, pretty green and blue ball with white cloudy swirls atop it all from the view of outer s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 03, 2015Videos
It seems like only science fiction has ever been able to put people on a planet to live in a controlled environment for ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 01, 2015Videos
ISS astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren talk about the challenges of a mission to Mars. Scott Kelly, when asked ho ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 01, 2015Space & Astronomy
Over the last few months, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been beaming information back to Earth from the histo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardOCT 01, 2015Space & Astronomy
It was only a few days ago that NASA made a major announcement revealing the existence of flowing water on some parts of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 28, 2015Space & Astronomy
Researchers are saying that a discovery of stains from summertime flows down cliffs and crater walls increases the chanc ...SEP 24, 2015Space & Astronomy
Yesterday’s Part I of this article explained how, according to NASA scientists, Martian dust storms don’t pr ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopSEP 23, 2015Space & Astronomy
In many science fiction films over the past few decades that deal with humans on Mars, such as “Red Planet”, ...Written By: Andrew J. Dunlop
DEC 20, 2015
Videos
In 1969, when NASA landed mankind on the Moon for the very first time, it was no easy task; and NASA wasn't even sure th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 12, 2015
Space & Astronomy
On Friday, three International Space Station astronauts, including United States’ Kjell Lindgren, Russia’s O
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 24, 2015
Space & Astronomy
With mining spatial bodies, such as asteroids, now deemed legal by congress, and with no restrictions or regulations bei
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 12, 2015
Videos
NASA's mission to explore the atmosphere and evolution of the climate on Mars reported some startling information this w
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 09, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The surface of the Earth and the surface of the Moon share similar surface compositions. One of the main differences bet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2015
Space & Astronomy
The red planet in our solar system, Mars, is a lot like Earth in many ways, but the reason that it doesn’t appear
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 05, 2015
Videos
What little kid hasn't dreamed of being an astronaut? Well, now someone's dream is going to come true. NASA announced th
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 02, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Mars, the red planet after Earth in our solar system, has been getting a lot of attention lately. Whether it’s the
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 27, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In a rare event this week, sky gazers will be able to see three aligned planets in the Eastern skies at night amongst th
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 25, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Earlier in the month, NASA revealed publicly the agency’s plans to try and send humans into deep space missions wh
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 19, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Just last week, U.S. astronaut Scott Kelly broke a U.S. record by having spent more than 383 cumulative days in space, w
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 16, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Part I of this article explained how a team from MIT has come up with a revolutionary new weight and cost-saving plan fo
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
OCT 16, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It wasn’t that long ago that NASA outlined their plans to send humans to Mars within the next few decades, where t
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 16, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Going to Mars is something we Earthlings have wanted to do for centuries. By some estimates, we’ve had the necessa
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
OCT 16, 2015
Videos
The news that evidence of water has been found on Mars is exciting, but what scientists are learning now is even more si
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 09, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Mankind has been considering the idea of putting astronauts on Mars for the longest time, but this week, NASA has offici
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 08, 2015
Earth & The Environment
The Earth may look like a cool, pretty green and blue ball with white cloudy swirls atop it all from the view of outer s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 03, 2015
Videos
It seems like only science fiction has ever been able to put people on a planet to live in a controlled environment for
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 01, 2015
Videos
ISS astronauts Scott Kelly and Kjell Lindgren talk about the challenges of a mission to Mars. Scott Kelly, when asked ho
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 01, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Over the last few months, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has been beaming information back to Earth from the histo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
OCT 01, 2015
Space & Astronomy
It was only a few days ago that NASA made a major announcement revealing the existence of flowing water on some parts of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 28, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Researchers are saying that a discovery of stains from summertime flows down cliffs and crater walls increases the chanc
...
SEP 24, 2015
Space & Astronomy
Yesterday’s Part I of this article explained how, according to NASA scientists, Martian dust storms don’t pr
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
SEP 23, 2015
Space & Astronomy
In many science fiction films over the past few decades that deal with humans on Mars, such as “Red Planet”,
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop