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 ...

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 still surprise us.

In December 2023, scientists looking at Mars data stumbled across something completely unexpected—observations of an atmospheric effect never before seen in the Red Planet's atmosphere. Using ...

They call it the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution, or MAVEN, for short, and it's the first spacecraft dedicated to the study of the Martian atmosphere and its evolution. Or, should I say, was, ...

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 ...

Researchers are creating advanced simulations that will provide a deeper understanding of Mars's climatic history and help to determine whether it was once able to sustain life. An international team ...

For years, scientists have puzzled over how Mars lost the thick atmosphere it once had. That atmosphere was essential for liquid water to exist on the planet's surface, billions of years ago. Today, ...

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 ...

How has Mars lost its atmosphere over time? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated a connection between the solar wind the Mars ...

Planetary magnetic fields act as protective barriers, shielding a planet’s atmosphere and surface from energetic charged particles originating from its parent star and outer space. During its fourth ...