Want to know the closest planet to Mars? Look down beneath your feet... you're looking at it. That's right, the…
When astronomers looked at the orbits of the planets, they felt that there could be a planet "missing" in between…
Recently, while discussing what she had learned in class, my daughter asked me: ''does Mars have rings?''. She is ten…
The planet Mars is one of the most photographed objects in the Solar System. There are hundreds of thousands of…
There are many volcanoes on Mars. So many, that the planet is broken down into volcanic provinces for easier reference.…
Just yesterday Fraser wrote about the Milky Way's demotion from a 4-arm spiral galaxy to a 2-arm. This isn't the…
As with the rest of the planets in the Solar System, Mars is believed to have formed out of the…
Someone has finally figured out something useful for all the dust on the moon's surface: mix it with some epoxy…
The orbit of Mars is the second most eccentric in the Solar System. Only Mercury's orbit is more eccentric. At…
Mars is named after the Roman god of war. Many believe that ancient peoples associated Mars with bloodshed and war…