Mars, the red planet. Mars actually does look red when you look at it. If there's life elsewhere in our solar system it would probably be on Mars or one of the moons of Jupiter. We know Mars once had water, and still does have water at the polar ice caps.  Some cool things about Mars: Vallas Marineris is a canyon which is longer than the United States. Olympous Mons is a volcano 78,000 feet high. Mars has 2 moons, Deimos and Phobos. Mars would be an ok place to spend your summer vacation, assuming you had a space suit.

Recently a discovery of a rock from Mars which may have contained evidence of ancient life on the planet made headlines around the globe. The issue is still in question though, the only way to know for sure is to go there and look for ourselves with machines or people.

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