Mars used to have a thick atmosphere, and there was water on it for sure. It has two moons, phobos and demos - but they're so small that from the surface they look more like planets. mars doesn't have magnetic fields any more as its core cools quicker than earth's. Do you see two moons in the sky at the same time? I think you can. They nustare like little dimmi dots. Yei don't thin they don't look like our moon for sure.
The Red Planet. A mysterious dusty orb millions of miles away. Our emergency escape bunker. Alie sits down with Dr. Jennifer Buz to talk about what Mars’s DEEEEAL is, why we send rovers there, good science fiction, so-so science fiction, double egg yolks, the poetry of the moon Phobos and some of the best science dreams perhaps ever recorded. Jennifer is maybe the chillest areologist on this planet and an absolute gem.
You're going to want to look at Dr. Jennifer Buz's website JNNFR.BZ
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