Explore Mars
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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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was the sun and creator god in ancient Egypt?
Did you know that Apollo was the son of Zeus and Leto, the twin brother of Artemis, and the Greek god of the Sun?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Sand boilxSand boil : A sand boil is sand and water that come out onto the ground surface during an earthquake as a result of liquefaction at shallow depth.
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Research Highlights
Geologists have found evidence that sea ice extended to the equator 716.5 million years ago, bringing new precision to a "snowball Earth" event long suspected to have taken place around that time. Funded...
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