Mars is always fascinating to see in the sky because of the special place it has in both the history of astronomy and pop culture. The first telescopes showed Mars as just a tiny, blurry disc with vague markings on its surface that appeared to come and go, leading to speculation that they were areas of vegetation changing with the seasons. Today we have space telescopes monitoring Mars from Earth orbit, and satellites in orbit around Mars itself have allowed us to map Mars in incredible detail. Landers
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Nov 03, 2022
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