{"id":21901,"date":"2024-08-02T11:21:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T11:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/?p=21901"},"modified":"2025-11-11T17:31:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:31:02","slug":"facts-about-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/science\/space\/facts-about-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts about Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Calling all budding young space cadets! Join us on an out-of-this-world adventure with our fascinating facts about Mars\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Facts about Mars<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21905 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-6.jpg\" alt=\"Facts about Mars\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-6.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-6-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1)<\/strong> Named after the <strong>Roman God of war<\/strong>, Mars is the <strong>fourth planet<\/strong> from the sun in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/science\/space\/ten-facts-about-space\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>solar system<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2)<\/strong> Mars is also known as the \u2018<strong>Red Planet<\/strong>\u2019 because, well, it\u2019s red! This signature colour comes from the large amount of a chemical called <strong>iron oxide<\/strong> (or &#8216;rust&#8217; as you might know it) in its rocks and soil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.natgeokids.co.uk\/product\/compact-telescope-microscope-w-smartphoneholder\/?article_link=NGKwebsite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-308284 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Compact-Telescope-Microscope-Set.jpg\" alt=\"You'll love our educational magazines for all ages! is written on the post, which also shows a National Geographic microscope and telescope set\" width=\"1042\" height=\"850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Compact-Telescope-Microscope-Set.jpg 1042w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Compact-Telescope-Microscope-Set-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Compact-Telescope-Microscope-Set-1024x835.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Compact-Telescope-Microscope-Set-768x626.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1042px) 100vw, 1042px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3)<\/strong> Mars is the second smallest planet in the solar system after\u00a0<strong>Mercury<\/strong>. With a diameter (distance through the middle) of <strong>6,791 kilometres<\/strong>, it\u2019s roughly <strong>half the size of Earth<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4)<\/strong>\u00a0It can get pretty cold on Mars \u2013\u2013 much\u00a0<strong>colder than our own planet<\/strong>, since it\u2019s further away from the sun. At the equator, temperatures can reach <strong>20\u00b0C<\/strong>, but at its poles they can plummet to as low as <strong>-140\u00b0C<\/strong>. <em>Brr<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21916\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-3.jpg\" alt=\"Facts about Mars\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-3-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5)\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 17px;\"> Mars is home to the <\/span><strong>highest mountain in our solar system<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 17px;\">\u00a0\u2013\u2013 a volcano called <\/span><strong>Olympus Mons<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 17px;\">. Standing a whopping<\/span> <strong>24 kilometres high<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 17px;\">, it\u2019s about three times the height of Mount Everest!<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Did you know&#8230;? There are bits of Mars here on Earth! In the past, asteroids hit the Red Planet, sending debris into space. Some of this debris landed on our planet as meteorites.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 17px;\">6)<\/strong>\u00a0You could <strong>jump around three times higher on Mars <\/strong>than you can on Earth. <em>Boing<\/em>! This is because the planet&#8217;s <strong>gravity<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; the force that keeps us on the ground &#8211; is much weaker.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-size: 17px;\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21917\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-1.jpg\" alt=\"Facts about Mars\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-1-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 17px;\">7)\u00a0<\/strong>Do you like to look at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/science\/space\/facts-about-the-moon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">moon<\/a> <\/strong>at night? Well, check this out \u2013\u2013\u00a0<strong>Mars has two moons<\/strong>!\u00a0One is called <strong>Phobos<\/strong> and the other <strong>Deimos<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 17px;\"><strong>8)<\/strong> A day on Mars is <strong>24 hours and 37 minutes<\/strong> \u2013\u2013 only a little bit longer than a day on our own planet. A year on Mars, however, is almost twice as long, lasting <\/span><strong style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 17px;\">687 Earth days<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333; font-size: 17px;\">! This is because it takes a lot longer than Earth to complete its orbit around the Sun.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Did you know that we have a FREE downloadable\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/primary-resource\/mission-mars-primary-resource\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mars primary resource<\/a>? Great for teachers, homeschoolers and parents alike!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>9)<\/strong> Until recently, scientists believed that there was no liquid water on the surface of Mars \u2013\u2013 only rocks, soil dust and ice. But&#8230; News flash! In 2018, they found <strong>evidence of a lake<\/strong>\u00a0under the planet\u2019s south polar ice cap. Exciting stuff!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21914\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-5.jpg\" alt=\"Facts about Mars\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-5-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>10)<\/strong> Humans have not yet been to Mars, but scientists have sent spacecraft there to help them research this fascinating planet. The first spacecraft to land on Mars were the <strong>Viking Landers<\/strong>, which touched down on the surface in <strong>1976<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21912\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-4.jpg\" alt=\"Facts about Mars\" width=\"600\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-4.jpg 600w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Facts-About-Mars-Image-4-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to learn more? Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/science\/space\/facts-about-the-earth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facts about Earth<\/a>, discover top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/science\/space\/facts-about-the-moon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Moon facts<\/a> and learn about world-famous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/science\/space\/neil-armstrong-facts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">astronaut Neil Armstrong<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">What did you think of our facts about Mars? Leave a comment below and let us know!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Calling all budding young space cadets! Join us on an out-of-this-world adventure with our fascinating facts about Mars\u2026 Facts about Mars 1) Named after the Roman God of war, Mars is the fourth planet from the sun in our solar system. 2) Mars is also known as the \u2018Red Planet\u2019 because, well, it\u2019s red! 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