Mars Summary

Everything you need to understand or teach Mars.

  • 3 Encyclopedia Articles

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Encyclopedia Articles (3)

2,241 words, approx. 8 pages
Mars Mars has fascinated humans throughout history. It appears as a blood-red star in the sky, which led the Romans to name it after their war god. Its motions across the sky helped German astronomer ... Read more
8,452 words, approx. 29 pages
Mars Mars moves through our skies in its stately dance, distant and enigmatic, a world awaiting exploration. —Astronomer Carl Sagan, 1967 Enigmatic means mysterious. Mars has been a mystery t... Read more
1,247 words, approx. 5 pages
Mars Before the invention of the telescope, Mars was just another of the "wanderers" that traveled through the sky. Its only distinguishing characteristic was its reddish color, which produced associa... Read more