These estimates are consistent with geologic features on Mars today. The warm, wet periods were driven by crustal hydration, ...

What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently ...

Recent findings, aided by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, are shedding light on this enigma. These missions have brought researchers ...

This phenomenon was observed over three days in December 2022 during NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission. As a result of the lack of solar wind, the pressure decrease ...

Harvard scientists explain how Mars had warm spells billions of years ago, allowing rivers and lakes to exist.

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, researchers think they have a good explanation for a warmer, ...

Over time, the warming effect would encourage the planet to thaw out more on its own and eventually lead to the creation of a more livable atmosphere on Mars. Gravity will be a challenge ...

Solar maximum only occurs approximately every 11 years. NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) orbiter and Curiosity rover are being used to study the solar particles and radiation ...

He is Principal Investigator on the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, orbiting Mars since 2014 and focused on studying the loss of Mars atmosphere to space.