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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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SEP 23, 2022
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...
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Laurence Tognetti, MSc
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Laurence Tognetti, MSc
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Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 04, 2022
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...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 02, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, an international team of researchers discuss how impacts that plan
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 27, 2022
Space & Astronomy
This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crew
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 20, 2022
Space & Astronomy
The Mars Sample Return Campaign has been ongoing since the Perseverance rover landed at Jezero Crater on February 18, 20
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
AUG 14, 2022
Space & Astronomy
This series will explore historic space missions from the start of the Space Age to the present day, including both crew
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 08, 2022
Immunology
One of the primary objectives for the application of flow cytometry in any testing environment should be measurement ass
...
Sponsored By:
Slingshot Biosciences, Inc.
AUG 06, 2022
Space & Astronomy
In a collaborative study slated to be published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters this September, planetary scienti
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 24, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Volcanoes are one of nature’s most awe-inspiring creations, giant mountains ejecting red hot lava that are both be
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 21, 2022
Infographics
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...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 15, 2022
Chemistry & Physics
Many millions of years ago, an asteroid hit the planet Mars which created a crater and ejected a lot of its material int
...
Written By:
Amanpreet Kaur
JUL 03, 2022
Space & Astronomy
New research from McGill University has discovered alive and active microbes in Canadian permafrost that could provide a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 02, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system formed from a cloud of gas and dust called a solar nebula that swi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 29, 2022
Microbiology
By analyzing over 1,000 samples of the marine environment, researchers have reconstructed the genomes of 25,000 novel mi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have long sought to determine how life first arose on our planet, and finding an answer to that question coul
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 03, 2022
Earth & The Environment
We often affiliate plate tectonics with earthquakes, as we are all taught in school that the shifting of plates leads to
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 03, 2022
Space & Astronomy
One of the major reasons why Mars is such a popular object to study in our Solar System is because scientists believe th
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
JUN 02, 2022
Space & Astronomy
Aurorae are a familiar phenomenon on our home planet, Earth. Better known as the “northern lights” – a
...
Written By:
Kristina Punzi, Ph.D.
MAY 24, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Volcanic eruptions are one of the most awe-inspiring spectacles to witness. You are literally watching Earth at work as
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 20, 2022
Technology
Humans will be back on the Moon (Luna) within the next few years, and then on to Mars within the decade afterwards. We a
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc