I am very and extremely confused on many points this article has stated. Firstly it has stated that since Venus would be lined right in front of Jupiter (off by one degree) it would light up 10 times it’s normal lighting. How is this even possible? like there should be an explanation for this seriously! Just because Venus lined up in front of Jupiter it would light up? This makes absolutely no sense what’s so ever. Then it has stated that since Venus would light up Jupiter would release a massive
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Streaks of Water on Mars For decades, the possibility of life on Mars has been a major question left unanswered, but NASA's recent discovery of water on Mars has bought us one step closer towards the answer. Such evidence of the water’s existence in Mars was strongly supported by the new findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) by allowing researchers to analyze the hydrated minerals located in streaks seen on the planet. These streaks are known as recurring slope lineae (RSL), and
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the surface of the red planet. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Due to the planet’s red color, the Romans named it after their war god. The Romans copied the Greeks, who also named it after their own war god: Ares. Other civilizations had other names for the red planet, for example, Egyptians called it “Her Desher,” meaning “the red one.” The Chinese astronomers named it “the fire star.” It is red due to the iron minerals oxidizing and turning the soil red. Mars has a very cold and thin atmosphere
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For my topic I am talking about Venus, Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It also is the second brightest object in the night sky after the moon. Venus was named after the Roman Goddess of love and beauty. Venus is known for as the second largest terrestrial planet it also is referred as Earth’s sister because of the size and mass of the planet. The surface of Venus is surrounded by an opaque layer of clouds made up of sulfuric acid. Venus is also known as the hottest planet in our solar system
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As the “newcomers” went to Mars to rescue the people that once lived there to escape a world war, they met the martians. But yet to know that these martians, were once the people that lived there many years ago. The newcomers thought that the martians were friendly but what they didn't know is that the martians were secretly trying to infect the newcomers with a plague that would turn them into a new form of martian. A destructive type of martian. So, the martians invited the newcomers to dinner
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Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, is a rocky, solid planet and is therefore called a terrestrial planet. It was once volcanic. As such, it... Due to a thin atmosphere, the surface also shows evidence of many impacts, as it has many craters. Temperatures can vary between 90 and 700 Kelvin. Because of the wildly fluctuating conditions caused by these temperatures, and also due to any life-sustaining elements (although there is some evidence of water at the poles), there is almost certainly no
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Mars is not a habitable planet. If it was going to be habitable, there would have to be lots of changes to be made on Mars for anything or anyone to survive. Mars is a very cold place, about -23 degress C. For this reason neither organisms nor humans would be able to survive in this type of temperature. Penguins and polar bears would be able to live there due to the freezing weather. There is a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide which would make it difficult to survive without being able to
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Life on Mars Mars (Greek: Ares), our fourth planet in the Solar system, is named after the ancient roman god of war, Mars. People also called it the “Red Planet” as its surface if covered by iron oxide (loose dust and rock) which gives it a red bright rust colour surface appearance. During the Solar System's formation, Mars was created out of the protoplanetary disk. Also, Mars has two moons: Phobos and Deimos. Mars’ size is relatively smaller than our Earth and approximately half the size
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from its chemical make up, it was a portion of Mars, also the presence of complex organic molecules and small globules resembles those found on earth. Yet scientists no longer agree that their structures are from microorganisms even though many may disagree. Explorations on Mars’s surface failed to find evidence of life. But in June and July of 2003, two spacecrafts launched by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration were launched on Mars to explore its surface for signs of life. Much
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Star-Ledger - NJ.com | Baltimore Sun | Boston Globe | | | | Brisbane Times | NASA welcomes striking new views from the red planet after Mars rover nails ...Washington Post - 30 minutes ago | | | | PASADENA, Calif. - NASA's Curiosity rover on Monday transmitted a low-resolution video showing the last 2 1/2 minutes of its white-knuckle dive through the Mars atmosphere, giving Earthlings a sneak peek of a spacecraft landing on another world. | New Yorker | Romney tax plan is "Robin Hood in
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