Key Goals of the MAVEN Mission: Understand atmospheric loss: MAVEN aimed to determine how much of Mars' atmosphere has been ...

Was alien life in "hot water" on Mars billions of years ago? New evidence from the Martian meteorite "Black Beauty" suggests ...

On November 18, 2013, NASA launched the MAVEN spacecraft to Mars. The name MAVEN stands for Mars Atmosphere and Volatile ...

Earlier in September, SpaceX launched its 7,000th Starlink satellite to orbit as part of its growing internet constellation.

Scientists decoded Mars' radiation spectrum during solar eruptions, aiding future astronaut safety on Mars missions.

Scientists are able to measure the rate of atmospheric and water loss and extrapolate back to deduce how thin atmosphere Mars' atmosphere might once have been, and how much water Mars may have had ...

Without its global magnetic field, Mars could not ward off the solar wind that began stripping away its atmosphere, including the Red Planet's water, nor shield the surface from harmful cosmic rays.

The size of the planet and the temperature of its upper atmosphere determines the rate of loss. ISRO ’s MOM tracks planet-encircling storm on Mars ISRO pegs Mars’ atmospheric deterioration to ...

The paper, led by Planetary Science Institute Research Scientist Peter Buhler, describes how 3.6 billion years ago, carbon dioxide froze out of Mars' atmosphere and deposited on top of a water ice ...

The simulations revealed that in the young Mars, the magnetosphere may have ... field eventually become inhospitable with loss of their atmosphere, the scientists added. The researchers believe ...