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How Solar Storms This Year Will Help Mars Astronauts in the Future (Mars Report – April 2024)
The Sun’s activity will be at its peak in 2024, providing a rare opportunity to study how solar storms and…
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The Day the Solar Wind Disappeared from Mars
In December 2022, NASA’s Mars-orbiting MAVEN mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of the solar wind, a stream of…
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Mars Disappearing Solar Wind: MAVEN Visualizations
A zoomed in view of MAVEN’s orbit during a period of low solar wind.
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MAVEN Spacecraft Stuns with Ultraviolet Views of Red Planet
NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission acquired stunning views of Mars in two ultraviolet images taken at different…
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MAVEN Observes Martian Light Show
Left column: From top to bottom, MAVEN data showing solar wind, solar energetic particles, proton aurora strength, diffuse aurora strength.…
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Mars Report: Dust Storms on Mars
A large dust storm on Mars, nearly twice the size of the United States, covered the southern hemisphere of the…
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How’s the Weather on Mars? NASA Mars Report
NASA's robotic explorers are helping scientists learn about the weather on Mars.
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Mars Report: How’s the Weather on Mars?
Seasons change even on Mars and NASA's fleet of explorers are helping scientists learn more about the effects on the…
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NASA’s Mars Missions
NASA’s Mars missions, clockwise from top left: Perseverance rover and Ingenuity Mars Helicopter, InSight lander, Odyssey orbiter, MAVEN orbiter, Curiosity…
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Five Spacecraft of the Mars Relay Network
Five spacecraft currently in orbit about the Red Planet make up the Mars Relay Network to transmit commands from Earth…
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How Water is Lost on Mars (Illustration)
This illustration shows how water is lost on Mars normally vs. during regional or global dust storms.
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Mars Nightglow Animation from MAVEN Observations
Mars’ nightside atmosphere glows and pulsates in this data animation from MAVEN spacecraft observations. Green-to-white false color shows the enhanced brightenings…
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Ultraviolet ‘Nightglow’ of Mars Atmosphere Over South Pole
This is an image of the ultraviolet “nightglow” in the Martian atmosphere over the south pole. Green and white false…
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Ultraviolet ‘Nightglow’ of Mars Atmosphere
This is an image of the ultraviolet “nightglow” in the Martian atmosphere. Green and white false colors represent the intensity…
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Diagram of Mars’ Glowing Nightside
The diagram explains the cause of Mars’ glowing nightside atmosphere.