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Mars
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war.
Mars is often called the Red Planet because of the iron oxide present on its surface. It has two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Like Earth, Mars has clouds, winds, a roughly 24-hour day, seasonal weather patterns, polar ice caps, volcanoes, canyons, and other familiar features.
Repurposed technology to explore Martian atmosphere like never before
An antenna on ExoMars' Trace Gas Orbiter has been given a new lease of life.
Basketball-sized meteorite hit Mars almost daily
Seismological data from NASA's Mars InSight lander to derive a new impact rate for meteorite strikes on Mars.
New research suggests lakes beneath Mars’ ice cap unlikely
The new research tells a more complete story.
Mars ancient water: NASA’s Curiosity searches for new clues
NASA’s Curiosity reaches Mar's Gediz Vallis.
Distant secondary craters: The largest new crater to have formed on Mars
This crater created its own field of "secondary" craters.
Giant volcano discovered on Mar’s equator
Its discovery points to an exciting new place to search for life.
Unveiling Earth-Mars orbit connection: Deep-sea circulation and climate patterns
Giant whirlpools in warming oceans could mitigate Gulf Stream stagnation.
Atmospheric pressure fluctuations could be driving Mars’ elusive methane pulses
Simulations will help Curiosity search for signs of past or present life on the Red Planet.
Layers of water ice stretching below grounds at Mars’s equator
Buried water ice at Mars's equator?
High-frequency waves detected in the Martian upper atmosphere
It could help understand plasma processes over Mars.