Research Topics: Mars

February 11, 2011

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Mars - "Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance." - Wikipedia
Mars (mythology) - "Mars was the Roman god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic of early Rome." - Wikipedia

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Mars formed rapidly into runt of planetary litter - "A computer simulation based on new radioactive decay data showed that the Red Planet must have reached half its present size only 2 million years after the formation of the solar system." - Astronomy News - May 26, 2011
An Ancient Lake on Mars -- Once a HotSpot for Life? - The Daily Galaxy - May 13, 2011
Searching for DNA on Mars: An MIT Team Thinks It May Exist - "If we can find DNA on Mars would mean the red planet held life and that finding DNA on Mars could mean that life on Mars spawned life on Earth via a Mars-to-Earth rock shuttle." - The Daily Galaxy - March 7, 2011
Update: Why Mars is Losing Its Atmosphere -A Mystery Solved? - "One theory is that Mars lost its magnetic field, without which it was defenseless against the brutal onslaught of solar radiation..." - The New Galaxy - Feb 21, 2011
NASA Takes New Look at 4-Billion-Year-Old Antarctica Meteorite that Points to Ancient Life on Mars (Today's Most Popular) - The Daily Galaxy - Feb 8, 2011
Northern Mars landscape actively changing - "A report identifies the seasonal coming and going of carbon dioxide ice as one agent of change on Mars’ northern sand dunes, and stronger-than-expected wind gusts as another." - Astronomy News - Feb 4, 2011
Sand Dune Secrets of Mars Revealed - "... a Texas-sized area of sand dunes on Northern Mars are not frozen, as was earlier believed, but instead are given to shifting..." - CBS News - Feb 3, 2011