The thin air of Mars has long been treated as a problem to be solved, a hostile mix of carbon dioxide and dust that stands between human explorers and long-term settlement. A growing body of research ...

The Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud as seen by Mars Express. Credit: ESA. Every morning, for several months of the Martian year, ...

The physical process likely behind this cloud's formation has never been observed in a planetary atmosphere before.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MAVEN data shows Mars can redirect plasma inside its ionosphere during solar storms, revealing a new space weather effect. (CREDIT ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Creating a composite photograph of the images taken by the Color and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) aboard the Trace Gas ...

A veteran spacecraft has sniffed the Martian atmosphere for the last time. More than a decade after the MAVEN orbiter arrived at Mars and six months after it unexpectedly went quiet, NASA has ...

Besides Earth, Mars is the planet that we know the most about, but that doesn't mean there isn't more to discover; Mars can ...

Our Sun constantly releases a stream of high-speed charged particles, known as the solar wind. Unlike Earth, Mars does not have a strong global magnetic field to shield its atmosphere from this flow.

Slices from the edge of Mars reveal a layered atmosphere of delicate complexity. A European spacecraft has captured a luminous mille-feuille of dust enveloping the red planet in unprecedented detail.

When the surface of the Sun exploded with activity in May 2024, Earth was hit by the biggest solar storm in more than two decades. The video shown below—made from images captured by NASA’s Solar ...

It's not entirely clear how neighboring planet Mars went from a presumably life-supporting planet to a place as dead as all others in the solar system. We do know, however, that whatever water and ...