Every so often, Mars experiences a dust storm that spans the entire planet — a global dust storm, one that may contribute to the loss of gas from the Red Planet's atmosphere. The possibility was ...

suggest there's a link between Mars' middle-atmosphere water volume and the escape of atmospheric hydrogen into space — at least during years without global dust storms. It's unclear what the ...

Dr Streeter said: "This was a perfect opportunity to investigate how global dust storms impact the atmosphere at the martian poles, which are surrounded by powerful jets of wind in winter.

NASA's MAVEN mission arrived at Mars in 2014 to study the process of atmosphere escape. "It would not be a surprise to see a global dust storm this year, and we would love that opportunity," said ...

How do the atmospheric temperatures now compare to a storm-less year? And as with Mars Odyssey, the MRO team wants to know how these dust storms go global. “The very fact that you can start with ...

Mars is infamous ... in the Martian atmosphere during the 2018 and 2019 dust seasons, when assuming 1 to 10 cm thickness of Martian surface dust would be kicked up by a global dust storm.

Scientists are still learning about these massive global storms and what causes them, and now they have learned more about dust ... atmosphere, forming dramatic columns which reach up into the ...

which combines spacecraft observations with atmospheric models. They focused on four Martian years (MY 29-32), deliberately ...

Communications with Mars explorers face unique challenges, including 4–24 minute signal delays and limited bandwidth that restricts data transmission. While NASA's Deep Space Network currently ...