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Mars—Planet Ice
Landscapes like this are changing the way geologists look at Mars. They've long been fascinated by the planet's distant past. Now they're getting ever more excited by the mysterious processes ...
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A Mars Never Dreamed Of
In November 1996 when Surveyor was launched, there had been no completely successful mission to Mars in 20 years. Its goal was to assemble a global portrait of the planet over a full Martian year ...
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The Red Planet: Mars is actually many colors. At the surface, we see colors such as brown, gold, and tan, however, Mars looks reddish due to oxidization or rusting of iron in ...
The 'God of War': Mars was named by the ancient Romans for their god of war because its reddish color was reminiscent of blood. Other civilizations also named the planet for this attribute ...