Interesting Facts About Mars

Most people are likely to believe that life is possible somewhere else in the universe. So far, life has not been discovered anywhere outside our planet. However, signs that life is certain to develop on the red planet at some point in the future, is without doubt. As Earth may not always be the planet of choice forever.

Archive for November, 2008

Mars In History - 1500’s to 1700’s

It’s amazing how early astronomers were able to keenly observe the stars and the neighboring planets with near-accurate calculations considering that they don’t have any instruments aside from their eyes. Imagine them observing the sky for years and knowing exactly where the stars are located. It was when something seems out of place that they [...]

Mars In History - 1800’s

The 1800’s was considered as the Canal craze period. When scientist Giovanni Schiaparelli discovered “Canali” in Mars or “Channels”, it was mistakenly translated as canals giving the impression that an intelligent lifeform must have built the canals in Mars.
1809 - Honore Flaugergues discovered dust clouds in Mars and later on, in 1813, noticed that the [...]