Explore Myths about Mercury
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Mercury was the messenger-god of Jupiter, and was the god of games, of business, and of story ...
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Mercury was popular among the gods because he was playful, innocent, and helpful. Mercury ...
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Explore Myths about other nearby planets
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One of the volcanoes on the planet of Venus is named after the Norse goddess Sif. Most of the ...
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Venus was the goddess of love and beauty. To the perfection of her figure and the purity of ...
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The ancient Mayans used the doorways and windows of their buildings to look at things in space. ...
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Ares was the Greek god of war, always acting and thinking like a warrior. Mars was identified ...
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In Hinduism, the major Indian religion, the planet Mars, called Mangala, is identified with ...
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Mayans were sophisticated observers of the sky. Mayans used their astronomical knowledge to ...
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SlickensidesxSlickensides : Slickensides are polished striated rock surfaces caused by one rock mass moving across another on a fault.
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Research Highlights
In the spring of 2010, the eruption of a volcano called Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland cancelled many flights in Europe. Eyjafjallajökull is a glaciovolcano, which means it's a volcano that is covered by...
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