When you buy through links on our site , we may bring in an affiliate mission . Here ’s how it works .

Aside from Earth , no planet in thesolar systemcaptures our imagination quite like Mars .

The Red Planet is one of the few berth in our cosmic neighborhood where extraterrestrial biography may have previously come out , and it could soon have new inhabitants — if and when we send humans to set up a Martian base .

Illustration of a satellite in front of Mars.

How much do you know about Mars, the Red Planet?

Mars ' resident robots are alsoconstantly lay down young discoveriesabout the dusty desert humanity and helping to unravel some of its great mysteries , includingwhy half of the planet is bigger than the otherandwhat befall to all its water system .

But how well do you really recognise our planetary neighbour ? This quiz of 15 questions will screen your noesis of Mars ' size , surface and history , as well as scientist ' attempts to consider it . Remember to enter to put your name on the leaderboard and click the xanthous button if you call for a mite .

Morescience quizzes

— Moon quiz : What do you know about our near celestial neighbor?—Solar organisation quiz : How well do you know our cosmic neighborhood?—Constellations quiz : Can you name all the animals , objects and mythological trope veil in the night sky ?

You must confirm your public display name before commenting

Please logout and then login again , you will then be prompted to get into your showing name .

A radio telescope with imaginary blue lines coming from it

Illustration of the Red Planet aka Mars against a black background.

A photograph taken from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which shows wave-like patterns inside a Mars crater.

Coloured sagittal MRI scans of a normal healthy head and neck. The scans start at the left of the body and move right through it. The eyes are seen as red circles, while the anatomy of the brain and spinal cord is best seen between them. The vertebrae of the neck and back are seen as blue blocks. The brain comprises paired hemispheres overlying the central limbic system. The cerebellum lies below the back of the hemispheres, behind the brainstem, which connects the brain to the spinal cord

A photo of two pyramid-shaped temples at Tikal National park

A cute british shorthair cat wears glasses with a book under the legs and looks to the side as if in deep thought.

An artist�s illustration of long ribbon-like auroras rippling across the Martian sky

an illustration of Mars

an aerial view of a rock on Mars

A new study has revealed that lichens can withstand the intense ionizing radiation that hits Mars� surface. (The lichen in this photo is Cetraria aculeata.)

NASA�s Curiosity rover took this selfie while inside Mars� Gale crater on June 15, 2018, which was the 2,082nd Martian day, or sol, of the rover�s mission.

a puffin flies by the coast with its beak full of fish

Two young lions (Panthera leo) in the Masai Mara National Park in Kenya.

Mount Vesuvius behind the ruins of pompeii.

Stonehenge, Salisbury, UK, July 30, 2024; Stunning aerial view of the spectacular historical monument of Stonehenge stone circles, Wiltshire, England, UK.

an MRI scan of a brain