A 6.5-foot Mars sand ridge called Hazyview reveals how strong, steady winds once shaped the planet’s surface and soil ...

As Mars’ atmosphere continues to change, NASA activated a new instrument on Feb.25 to study how the Sun influences the planet and what drives space weather near Earth. NASA launched ESCAPADE, which ...

The single whistler event was recorded over a crustal magnetic field, at an altitude of 349 kilometers (217 miles) on the night side of Mars. This last part is crucial: When under the direct glare of ...

While sifting through the extensive data collected by NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft over the last decade, scientists discovered a familiar type of electromagnetic ...

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 ...

Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick atmosphere, which kept it warm enough to support flowing water on its surface. So, ...

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission studies how solar wind removed Mars’ atmosphere, using twin spacecraft to measure atmospheric escape, magnetosphere changes, and space weather impacts.

Eleven years in Mars orbit, terabytes of vital information on the Martian atmosphere, and over half a billion dollars in government funding. This is what was brought into peril on December 6th, 2025, ...

If there ever was life on Mars—and that's a huge "if"—conditions during the planet's infancy most likely would have supported it, according to a study led by University of Arizona researchers. NASA's ...

(NEW YORK) — Mars is a cold, dry, desert-like planet. But billions of years ago, scientific evidence suggests that it had a thick atmosphere, which kept it warm enough to support flowing water on its ...