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Five Facts About the Red Planet
Clip: Season 46 Episode 13 | 1m 3s
Getting to know our red celestial neighbor.
What's so marvelous about Mars? Here are five facts about the Red Planet.
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Five Facts About the Red Planet
Clip: Season 46 Episode 13 | 1m 3s
What's so marvelous about Mars? Here are five facts about the Red Planet.
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Mars once had rains, rivers, and in the northern hemisphere, a vast sea. (1m 25s)
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Before it was a dry planet, Mars was a wet world that may have hosted life. (28s)
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