Explore Mars
The uniquely red global surface of Mars is marked by many interesting features - some like ...
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The atmosphere of Mars is much thinner than that of Earth, with a surface pressure averaging ...
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Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos. The red planet does not have any rings. ...
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The North and South Poles on Mars are similar to the polar regions on Earth in many ways. They ...
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All of the relevant information about Mars collected on one page, including details about size, orbit ...
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Mars was the son of Jupiter and Juno, and was the Roman god of war. Mars was the lover of Venus ...
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In the past few decades, the Russian and American space agencies have sent many spacecraft ...
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Access wonderful captioned photos and illustrations that will inspire and excite you. ...
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These are links to other great web sites about Mars. But beware: you don't want to get caught ...
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Did you know?
Did you know that our solar system now has eight
planets and five
dwarf planets, according to the International Astronomical Union?
Did you know that different cultures imagined different constellations, based on their own cultural context?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
PleistocenexPleistocene : The time period between about 10,000 years before present and about 1,650,000 years before present.
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Research Highlights
Current observational tools cannot account for roughly half of the heat that is believed to have built up on Earth in recent years, according to a "Perspectives" article in this week's issue of the journal...
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