Mars stands out in our solar system as one of its brightest planets, boasting a reddish surface dotted with craters and giant volcanoes such as Olympus Mons. Mariner space probes provided us with our first close-up images of Mars in 1965, and since then scientists have studied it carefully, uncovering evidence of past life on…
Mars, located four planets from the Sun, features a dense core, rocky mantle and thick crust with two small moons named Phobos and Deimos orbiting close by. Mars gets its distinctive red hue from iron oxide found abundantly on its surface, taking after Ares – the Roman god of war. Origins Mars has long held…
Mars, one of the seven planets in our Solar System, boasts two moons: Phobos and Deimos. Furthermore, Olympus Mons is home to one of the highest mountains in our Solar System as well as Valles Marineris being one of the largest canyons on the planet. Astrologically speaking, Mars represents aggression and confrontation and rules the…
Every year, Earth and Mars align in the sky, offering space agencies an ideal opportunity to launch probes to investigate this red planet. In 1996, Mars Pathfinder and Mars Global Surveyor missions demonstrated airbag landing techniques suitable for larger rovers. Mars Pathfinder featured several experiments like camera mast, weather station and high gain antenna that…
Discover fascinating facts about Mars with this engaging worksheet! Including reading passage, questions, a word search game and even an unmistakable hidden message! Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun, can be easily seen as a reddish light point in the night sky. This planet features mountains, valleys, and polar ice caps with its thin…
Scientists have long searched Mars for signs of liquid water, including signs like mysterious dark streaks on its surface and signs like hydrated minerals that indicate their existence. According to this new study, between 30-99% of Earth’s original water has become trapped within special rocks known as hydrous minerals; any remaining amounts either escaped into…
After making its journey across Mars’ harsh atmosphere, a spacecraft successfully arrives at its destination and sends back information on its weather and geology. Curiosity has found evidence of long-lived, potentially habitable conditions in Gale crater on Mars and discovered minerals typically formed from water sources. Mangalyaan India’s Mars Orbiter Mission Mangalyaan outlived expectations after…
Mars (Ares in Greek), the Roman god of war, is said to have been created from Juno and Jupiter, becoming his son and giving rise to Romulus and Remus – who later founded Rome. March is named in his honor. Egyptians were the first to notice that stars appeared fixed while the sun moved relative…
Mars has long been an alluring target for space scientists since the advent of modern space exploration. Due to its close proximity with Earth, just a modest amount of rocket fuel will get a probe there. Mariner 9, the inaugural spacecraft to orbit Mars, returned 7,329 images and other data in 1971 – this led…
