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Our solar system began to form about 4.6 billion years ago. Astronomers think small rocky and icy grains within the solar nebula began sticking together, growing into even larger objects. Although the process remains poorly understood, solid objects miles or more across eventually populated the disk. Astronomers call these bodies planetesimals. Within a million years…
Once upon a time, though, wind and water flowed across the red planet. Robotic rovers have found clear evidence that billions of years ago, lakes and rivers of liquid water coursed across the red...
The recent horizon imaging was conceived as an experiment many years ago during the landings of NASA’s Phoenix mission in 2008 and the Curiosity rover in 2012. As with other Mars landings before and...
The Greek god of war is named after Ares, who is the son of Zeus and Hera. God of fierce fighting and endless killing. The striking red color of the planet was already identified...
EN / Planetary science / Space Systems
by Dr. Jozef Kozár · Published April 4, 2024 · Last modified May 7, 2024
According to the memorandum published recently by the White House’s representative responsible for the science and technology policy, the Moon will have its time zone or better said – its own time.
EN / Mars / Mars Exploration Digest / Planetary science
by Dr. Jozef Kozár · Published August 11, 2023 · Last modified May 7, 2024
The July 2023 edition of the Mars Exploration Digest will be published in the coming week.
EN / Featured / Mars / Mars Exploration Digest / Planetary science
by Dr. Jozef Kozár · Published July 2, 2023 · Last modified October 4, 2023
A regular monthly digest of Mars research news for June 2023. PDF: Issue 9, Volume 2, ISSN 2788-225X.
EN / Mars / Mars Exploration Digest / Planetary science
by Dr. Jozef Kozár · Published June 7, 2023 · Last modified October 4, 2023
A regular monthly digest of Mars research news for May 2023. PDF: Issue 8, Volume 2, ISSN 2788-225X.