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Like Earth, Mars has distinct seasons, but they last longer than seasons here on Earth since Mars takes longer to orbit the Sun (because it's farther away).
- NASA Science
Mars is no place for the faint-hearted. It’s dry, rocky, and...
- NASA Science
Mars has two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, that may be captured asteroids. They're potato-shaped because they have too little mass for gravity to make them spherical.
The red planet Mars, named for the Roman god of war, has long been an omen in the night sky. And in its own way, the planet’s rusty red surface tells a story of destruction.
1 dzień temu · Like Earth, Mars has clouds, winds, a roughly 24-hour day, seasonal weather patterns, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons, and other familiar features. There are intriguing clues that billions of years ago Mars was even more Earth-like than today, with a denser, warmer atmosphere and much more water — rivers , lakes , flood channels, and ...
Mars has two moons, Phobos (fear) and Deimos (terror), named after the sons of Greek war god Ares, the counterpart to the Roman war god Mars. Despite the large fleet of missions sent to the Red Planet, there is much we still wish to know about the Mars system.
4 kwi 2018 · There is geological and geochemical evidence consistent with a cold and dry Mars, such as the rarity of carbonates and lack of glacial landforms at lower latitudes. Yet a cold Mars would...
Mars is no place for the faint-hearted. It’s dry, rocky, and bitter cold. The fourth planet from the Sun, Mars, is one of Earth's two closest planetary neighbors (Venus is the other). Mars is one of the easiest planets to spot in the night sky — it looks like a bright red point of light.
