Solar wind washes over the planets, but it briefly disappeared at Mars due to an event on the sun. Mars's atmosphere temporarily expanded by thousands of kilometers. NASA's MAVEN orbiter observed the ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has made a significant discovery on Mars: a meteorite, which could provide vital clues about the ...

This summer, scientists spotted an incredibly rare visitor to Earth’s solar system—a comet, now known as 3I/ATLAS, that entered our solar system from the galaxy beyond and is zipping past the sun at a ...

While we earthlings prepare for a rare total solar eclipse that will pass over North America, Mars had one of its own earlier this year. A timelapse of photos taken by NASA's Perseverance rover Feb. 8 ...

Earth’s climate is not only shaped by smokestacks, forests, and oceans. It is also quietly tuned by the slow choreography of ...

Take a trip through the maze-like valleys and canyons of a unique place in the solar system: Mars' 'labyrinth of night.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Pioneer Astronautics has conducted a successful dynamic test of its Mars solar balloon inflation system. The experiment, performed at an altitude of 116,000 ft over Kuner Colorado on September 26, was ...

Mars changed from a blue world with water to a red desert because its atmosphere escaped into space over billions of years.

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