Space Weather May Warp Martian Weather during Dust Storms, Planetary Scientists Suggest
Planetary researchers have found the first evidence that bursts of energetic particles from the Sun could warm the…
NASA declares its Mars Maven spacecraft dead after six months of silence
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — After six months of radio silence, NASA’s Maven spacecraft around Mars has been declared dead. The…
NASA Just Delivered the Mars Orbiter Update Nobody Wanted to Hear
After more than a decade in space, a vital Mars satellite suddenly went dark in December. NASA has…
Mars’ atmosphere is changing how scientists see unmagnetized planets
Mars does not have Earth’s kind of magnetic shield, so it has often been treated as the solar…
MAVEN Detects Rare Atmospheric Effect on Mars
New observations from NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) spacecraft reveal that the Zwan-Wolf effect — a…
NASA’s MAVEN Detects Atmospheric Effect on Mars That ‘No One Expected’
We know Mars to be many things: dusty, cold, and missing a global magnetic field. In a recent…
Lightning on Mars: NASA’s MAVEN Orbiter Reveals a Strange Phenomenon on the Red Planet
Researchers have identified powerful Martian electrical discharges, similar to lightning, and strong enough to be observed from orbit,…
NASA Fears Mars Imager Probe MAVEN May Be Lost
Artist’s impression of MAVEN’s arrival at Mars. NASA is preparing for the likely loss of a long-running Mars…
NASA’s MAVEN Spacecraft May Actually Be Lost in Space
Last week, NASA revealed that it lost contact with a vital Martian probe that’s been studying the Red…
MAVEN telemetry shows changes to spacecraft orbit and rotation
WASHINGTON — New analysis suggests that problems with NASA’s MAVEN Mars orbiter may be more serious than a…
NASA loses contact with MAVEN Mars orbiter
WASHINGTON — NASA has lost contact with a Mars orbiter that has circled the planet for more than…