- Methane, a gas produced on Earth almost entirely by living organisms, can be found on Mars. Since no living organisms have been found on Mars, the cause behind the Martian methane is still unknown.
- NASA's Phoenix lander found that the soil on Mars would be suitable for sustaining plant life.
- The gigantic, dead volcano on Mars, Olympus Mons, is the largest mountain on any planet in the solar system. Olympus Mons is about 2 1/2 times as high as Mount Everest, and the area it covers is about the size of New Mexico.
All of the above facts are from Enslow Publishers'
Far-Out Guide to Mars from the award winning series, "
Far-Out Guide to the Solar System". If you can't get enough facts about Mars or the Solar System, be sure to look for these books at your favorite online store or ask for them at your local library!
