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Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is a dry, rocky world. Its famous red color has earned it the nickname the Red Planet. Mars has fascinated people throughout history, and today, it is one of ...
NASA ’s Mars rover has spotted something out of this world — a mysterious, skull-shaped elevation – sitting on a slope where ...
"They're going to Mars, man." Equipped with yet more of Christensen's infrared mineralogy-at-a-distance spectrometers, the rovers will be able to spot the most interesting rocks for analysis in a ...
The view brightened again with Mariner 9, the first Mars orbiter. Though it could see no features smaller than a few football fields, its images suggested a more interesting, changeable world ...
Learn more of our fun facts of the day! Did you know that elephants, bats and naked mole rats all are extremely resistant to cancer, and that Mars has blue sunsets? Go Back ...
On a flyby of Mars, the European Space Agency (ESA) captured a rare photo of its second moon - but what do we know about it? It's called Deimos, and is much smaller and more mysterious than Phobos ...
Here are seven interesting things that you may not already know about NASA’s Mars Perseverance mission: NASA’s Mars rover Perseverance is all set to launch today — interesting facts you may ...