- Mars - Wikipedia
In 1971 Mariner 9 entered orbit around Mars, being the first spacecraft to orbit any body other than the Moon, Sun or Earth; following in the same year were the first uncontrolled impact (Mars 2) and first successful landing (Mars 3) on Mars Probes have been active on Mars continuously since 1997
- Mars - NASA Science
Mars is one of the most explored bodies in our solar system, and it's the only planet where we've sent rovers to explore the alien landscape NASA missions have found lots of evidence that Mars was much wetter and warmer, with a thicker atmosphere, billions of years ago
- Mars | Facts, Surface, Moons, Temperature, Atmosphere | Britannica
Mars is the fourth planet in the solar system in order of distance from the Sun and the seventh in size and mass It is a periodically conspicuous reddish object in the night sky There are intriguing clues that billions of years ago Mars was even more Earth-like than today
- A rover on Mars has detected a form of lightning : NPR
A chance discovery by a NASA rover on Mars shows that the red planet has a form of lightning, which researchers had suspected for decades but never seen
- Lightning detected on Mars by Nasa rover, scientists believe - BBC
Scientists believe they have recorded electrical activity in the Martian atmosphere for the first time, suggesting the planet is capable of lightning Nasa's Perseverance rover, which touched down
- Evidence of ancient life on Mars could be hidden away in colossal water . . .
Skylights, openings in the surface of Mars that descend down into caves, have been found on Mars, along with signatures for the presence of water ice
- Scientists map Mars large river drainage systems for first . . .
Billions of years ago, it rained on Mars The water collected in valleys and rivers, filled and spilled over the rims of craters, and was funneled into canyons, perhaps even making its way to a
- Mars Facts | What Does Mars Look Like | All About Mars - Star Walk
Mars can boast the largest volcano in the entire Solar System – Olympus Mons With a height of 21 km, it stands about 2 5 times taller than Mount Everest Mars’ larger moon, Phobos, gradually gets closer to the planet at a rate of about 2 cm per year
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