Where does its name come from?

The name of MARS came from the Romans. The Romans knew of seven bright objects in the sky : The Sun, the Moon and the five brightest planets. The Romans were great soldiers and thought Mars, God of war, was very important. 

Characteristics and fun facts

• Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and is the second smallest planet in solar system. 
• Mars is smaller than Earth.
• It is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide.
• The gravitational tug is softer than the gravity in Earth. That means that you would weigh less on Mars than you do in Earth.
• The temperatures on Mars never get much warmer than 20 C 
• There has been volcanic activity in the past
• It has two moons
• Mars is called "Red planet" because of its colour
• The Red planet takes 24 hours and 40 minutes to turn on its axis. By comparison, Earth takes 23 hours and 56 minutes.

• Mars has the tallest mountain in the solar system.
• It has been more than 40 missions but only 14 have been sucsessful.
• Pieces of Mars have fallen in Earth.
• There are signs of liquid water.
• On day, Mars will have a ring (in the next 20-40 million years).

Is there life on Mars?

From Earth, even with our most powerful telescopes, we cannot see enough detail on Mars to answer this question.

NASA is working hard now to discover whether there is life on Mars. 

There is a very famous song of David Bowie wich title is; Life on Mars? Here it is the song: