NASA mission reveals speed of solar wind stripping Martian atmosphere
This is an artist's rendering of a solar storm hitting Mars and stripping ions from the planet's upper atmosphereNASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution...
Opportunity parked for solar panels to charge up for winter
File image. Opportunity is within 'Marathon Valley' on the west rim of Endeavour Crater completing a valley floor survey for...
You too can learn to farm on Mars
One particular challenge is scientists have little idea of what Martian soil is actually like, he said. Probes have detected little carbon,...
Shining a light on the aurora of Mars
Locations of 19 auroral detections (white circles) made by the SPICAM instrument on Mars Express during 113 nightside orbits between 2004 and...
Martian desiccation
In March of 2015, the sun launched a coronal mass ejection -- a bubble of energized plasma traveling at about 2 million...
Delving into the atmosphere of Mars
File image: Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission. This issue of Science features four studies highlighting results from the Mars...
NASA Chief: We’re Closer to Sending Humans on Mars Than Ever Before!!!
File image. President Barack Obama remains committed to a 2030 manned mission to Mars, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Charles...
Rewrite of Onboard Memory Planned for NASA Mars Orbiter
Artist concept of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. Image courtesy NASA/JPL. Tables stored in flash memory aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) tell locations...
Methane-powered engine key to next generation landers…. loganspace.com
The distinct blue flame in recent tests is produced by the thruster's fuel, methane. Data gathered from testing will be used to...
Spacecraft Discovers Thousands of Doomed Comets
The ESA/NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory has discovered more than 3000 doomed comets that have passed close to the sun. Watch a...