Happy New Year, Mars! The Red Planet is turning 39
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The Red Planet in enhanced colour, pictured using data from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/G. Michael.
Mars is celebrating New Year on 30 September. There are no fireworks, no champagne and (as far as we know) no Martians singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’. But there is a surprisingly good story behind why the Red Planet is only turning 39.
Just like Earth, Mars has days, seasons and years. The trouble is that none of them quite matches ours. A Martian year lasts 687
The Red Planet in enhanced colour, pictured using data from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/G. Michael.
Mars is celebrating New Year on 30 September. There are no fireworks, no champagne and (as far as we know) no Martians singing ‘Auld Lang Syne’. But there is a surprisingly good story behind why the Red Planet is only turning 39.
Just like Earth, Mars has days, seasons and years. The trouble is that none of them quite matches ours. A Martian year lasts 687
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