Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. When the sun unleashed an extreme solar storm and slammed into Mars in May, it engulfed the red planet in auroras and a stream of charged particles and radiation, according to NASA. The Sun has… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. When the sun unleashed an extreme solar storm and slammed into Mars in May, it engulfed the red planet in auroras and a stream of charged particles and radiation, according to NASA. The Sun has… Read More »
The solar storms that produced the stunning auroras seen around the world on May 10 also gave Mars whiplash, sparking auroras over the Red Planet and doused the surface with harmful radiation. The main source of solar storms was an active region. AR3664It was a dense knot of magnetic flux on the sun, inhabited by… Read More »
Water frosts were seen for the first time at the equator of Mars. It was previously believed that frost was impossible in this region of the Red Planet, which is equivalent to the tropics. The discovery could be crucial for modeling where water is found on Mars and how water is exchanged between the Red… Read More »
A mysterious hole in the slope of an ancient rock volcano Open Anthem It’s caused a stir lately because of what it might reveal beneath the Red Planet’s surface. Here’s what it means. First of all, the pit, only a few meters in diameter, was actually imaged by NASA on August 15, 2022. Mars Reconnaissance… Read More »
The Red Planet continues to surprise us. New research has revealed a giant volcano and possible buried glacial ice sheet. The location for this groundbreaking announcement is in the eastern part of the Tharsis volcanic field on Mars, near the planet’s equator. Due to its eroded, difficult-to-detect nature, the feature had been overlooked since Mariner… Read More »
Early Mars may have been more tectonically and volcanically active than previously thought. Evidence of tectonic activity about 4 billion years ago is provided by 63 new samples of volcanoes found in a strange region of Mars with strange features that distinguish it from other mountainous regions of Mars. A team of planetary scientists has… Read More »
One illustration depicts the Mars helicopter Ingenuity on the Red Planet. The vehicle suffered rotor damage and made its final flight, NASA said Thursday. Image courtesy of NASA January 25 (UPI) — NASA’s Ingenuity helicopter made its final flight on Mars after a mission that took 33 times longer than scientists expected, NASA announced Thursday.… Read More »
As the clamor continues to bring pieces of Mars back to Earth for intensive study, scientists are also developing tools and techniques that can be sent to the Red Planet to search for life in situ. Could these low-cost approaches eliminate the early need for samples taken directly from Mars? This option brings to mind… Read More »
The red planet Mars is visible on the left. A white box surrounds the image of the Martian surface, with an arrow from the box towards the planet. Another box, with an arrow pointing to the first box, shows a closer view of the Martian surface. A team from the University of Arizona’s Lunar and… Read More »