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A massive solar storm hits Mars, revealing a risk for future astronauts on the red planet
CNN.com· 7 hours agoWhen the sun unleashed an extreme solar storm and hit Mars in May, it engulfed the red planet with...
Mars Got Cooked by a Recent Solar Storm
New York Times· 1 day agoObserved from Mars, “this was the strongest solar energetic particle event we’ve seen to date,” said Shannon Curry, the principal investigator of NASA’s...
A Mysterious Hole on Mars May Be a Gateway to Ancient Life—and the Future of Humanity
Popular Mechanics· 1 day agoOne potential candidate, recently imaged by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), could be...
Perseverance Views Sunspots
NASA· 2 days agoThe Perseverance mission frequently uses Mastcam-Z to capture images of the Sun to help scientists assess how much dust is in the atmosphere, because airborne dust affects ...
The speed of sound on Mars is constantly changing, bizarre study finds
LiveScience· 3 days agoResearchers have teased out the details of how sound behaves at various times and places on Mars —...
Radiation will be a real challenge for Mars colonists, powerful solar storm shows
Space via Yahoo News· 2 days agoA powerful solar storm in May 2024 created auroras on Mars and provided scientists with crucial...
Frost found on Mars' volcanoes in 'impossible' new discovery
Houston Chronicle· 4 hours agoFor the first time ever, patches of water frost were detected atop Mars' Tharsis volcanic region,...
Mars meteorites reveal clues about what lies within the Red Planet
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFor one thing, we can tell that they're very young, geologically speaking, so they must've...
Remember the northern lights last month? See how that solar storm impacted Mars’ surface
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days ago“This was the largest solar energetic particle event that MAVEN has ever seen,” said Christina Lee,...
'We thought it was impossible:' Water frost on Mars discovered near Red Planet's equator
SPACE.com· 4 days agoWater frost has been spotted at the equator of Mars for the first time. In this region of the Red...