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Mars' atmosphere swelled like a balloon when solar wind stopped blowing. Scientists are thrilled
Space via Yahoo News· 5 months agoNASA's MAVEN orbiter has collected data of the unexpected dynamics on Mars, showing how extreme...
Mars probe sees Red Planet atmosphere glowing green at night
Space via Yahoo News· 6 months agoUsing ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, scientists have observed nightglow in Mars' atmosphere, a...
'Almost unbelievable': Rare void from the sun briefly blew up Mars' atmosphere last year, and it...
Live Science via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn Dec. 26, 2022, NASA's MAVEN Orbiter witnessed Mars' magnetic shield and atmosphere drastically...
31 award-winning astronomy photos: From fiery horizons to whimsical auroras
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe winner for the Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year was 'The Running Chicken Nebula'. An...
A Warm, Water-Filled Mars May Have Once Hosted a World of Underground Microbes
Popular Mechanics via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoEarly Mars May Have Once Had Microbial Lifegremlin - Getty Images A new study in Nature Astronomy...
Early Mars could have hosted climate altering microbial life, scientists say
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMars could have played host to methane spewing microbes in the planet’s early days, scientists say,...
Stars give tiny planets a gravitational 'squeeze' to strip away their atmospheres
Space via Yahoo News· 15 hours agoModeling distant planets has revealed that tidal forces generated by their parent stars can combine...
NMSU astronomer, associate dean to retire after 25 years
Las Cruces Sun-News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoJim Murphy began his journey to New Mexico State University via Mars. He was what he calls a “soft...
Climate change may have killed off life on Mars, study finds
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoScientists have warned for decades of the deadly impacts of human-caused climate change on Earth....
Ancient Microbes Could Still Be Living on Mars
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Perseverance rover explores Jezero crater. The soil could yield to clues to Martian biology Credit - NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Even the greatest Mars...