- 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
- Mars | National Air and Space Museum
A Rocky Planet The planets closest to the Sun—Mars, Earth, Venus, and Mercury—are made mostly of rock The rocky planets all formed in our inner solar system Their geological history is preserved on their surfaces Their landscapes reveal the processes that shaped them: impacts, crustal movements, volcanic activity, and erosion Gravity, temperature, air, and water all play leading roles
- NASA Rover Discovers Lightning on Mars - The New York Times
The Perseverance rover picked up audio evidence of electric discharges in the red planet’s atmosphere
- 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
- Lightning on Mars? Scientists believe theyve detected its crackling . . .
Researchers have documented 55 instances of "mini lightning" over two Martian years by eavesdropping on the whirling wind recorded by NASA's Perseverance rover
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