Cydonia (/sɪˈdoʊniə/, /saɪˈdoʊniə/) is a region on the planet Mars that has attracted both scientific and popular interest. The name originally referred...
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Revelations. The song's title refers to the Cydonia region of Mars, which gained public attention from the illusion of a rock formation which looked similar...
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Look up cydonia in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Cydonia commonly refers to: Cydonia (Mars), a region of the planet Mars Cydonia or Kydonia, an ancient...
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Kydonia (redirect from Cydonia (Ancient Greece))
/kaɪˈdoʊniə/), also known as Cydonia (Greek: Κυδωνία, Kydōnía) was an ancient city located at the site of present-day Chania on the island of Crete in Greece. The...
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Space (The X-Files) (category Mars in television)
"Space" after reading about news of the "face on Mars"—an instance of pareidolia wherein a mound in the Cydonia region of Mars was taken to resemble a human...
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Pareidolia (section Mars canals)
through the random processes of formation, weathering and erosion. A well-known example is the Face on Mars, a rock formation on Mars that resembled a human...
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face on the Cydonia region of Mars, along with a purported "five sided pyramid" may have been the work of an advanced civilisation on Mars that was later...
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as the most central symbol of nostalgic depictions of Mars. The "Face" is a rock formation in the Cydonia region of Mars first photographed by the Viking...
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of life on Mars is a subject of interest in astrobiology due to the planet's proximity and similarities to Earth. To date, no conclusive evidence of past...
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Extraterrestrial life (redirect from Existence of aliens)
all such discoveries were natural features. A famous case is the Cydonia region of Mars, first imaged by the Viking 1 orbiter. The low-resolution photos...
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The terraforming of Mars or the terraformation of Mars is a hypothetical procedure that would consist of a planetary engineering project or concurrent...
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The climate of Mars has been a topic of scientific curiosity for centuries, in part because it is the only terrestrial planet whose surface can be easily...
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confirmed the existence of several large saltwater lakes under ice in the south polar region of the planet Mars. According to one of the researchers, "We...
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The idea of sending humans to Mars has been the subject of aerospace engineering and scientific studies since the late 1940s as part of the broader exploration...
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Aquio River (category Rivers of Colombia)
its lack of pollution. It has a registered sister river on the Cydonia region of Mars, and the native people have always been very proud of this status...
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the Mars I mission launches for planet Mars, commanded by Luke Graham. Upon arrival, the team discovers a bright white formation in the Cydonia region, which...
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Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) has obtained images of the Cydonia region, the location of the famous "Face on Mars". The massif became famous in a photo taken...
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Mars Colonization of Mars Human mission to Mars Life on Mars List of artificial objects on Mars List of missions to Mars Mars landing Mars race Mars rover...
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Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun. The surface of Mars is orange-red because it is covered in iron(III) oxide dust, giving it the nickname "the Red...
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Areography (redirect from Topography of Mars)
known as the geography of Mars, is a subfield of planetary science that entails the delineation and characterization of regions on Mars. Areography is mainly...
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Mars Exploration Program (MEP) is a long-term effort to explore the planet Mars, funded and led by NASA. Formed in 1993, MEP has made use of orbital spacecraft...
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X-COM: UFO Defense (redirect from List of X-COM: UFO Defense races)
enslave other races of aliens to perform their bidding and that their main base in the Solar System is located in Cydonia region of Mars. The player must...
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The gravity of Mars is a natural phenomenon, due to the law of gravity, or gravitation, by which all things with mass around the planet Mars are brought...
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1999, to study the soil and climate of Planum Australe, a region near the south pole on Mars. It formed part of the Mars Surveyor '98 mission. On December...
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geologic evolution of Mars. Scientists have known since the Mariner 9 mission in 1972 that volcanic features cover large portions of the Martian surface...
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The atmosphere of Mars is the layer of gases surrounding Mars. It is primarily composed of carbon dioxide (95%), molecular nitrogen (2.85%), and argon...
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Vastitas Borealis (redirect from Northern lowlands of Mars)
is the largest lowland region of Mars. It is in the northerly latitudes of the planet and encircles the northern polar region. Vastitas Borealis is often...
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one of Mars's moons". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-01-24. Boulders and Layers in Canyon - NASA HRSC - ESA (overview of HiRISE image region by Mars Express)...
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Olympus Mons (category Volcanoes of Mars)
of Mars) – Delineation and characterization of Martian regionsPages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets Cydonia (Mars) – Area of Mars Geology...
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a starship in Knights of Sidonia, a Japanese manga series by Tsutomu Nihei Cydonia (Mars), a region on the planet Mars Duke of Medina Sidonia, a noble...
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