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

Unlike Earth, Mars lacks a global magnetic field and interacts with the solar wind directly. Over billions of years, this interaction has stripped much of the Martian atmosphere, transforming the ...

How's the weather on Mars? In contrast to Earth, the Red Planet's middle atmosphere appears driven by gravity waves Date: March 6, 2025 Source: University of Tokyo Summary: A new study revealed ...

David Hinson was a member of the Radio Science Team of Mars Global Surveyor, leading an investigation of the atmosphere through radio occultation sounding. He was involved in all aspects of experiment ...

BOSTON - The highlight of the week is coming tonight in the night sky - the lunar occultation of Mars. First off, at 5:27 p.m. the moon will be officially full. The full January moon is known as ...

The study applied methods developed to explore Earth's atmosphere to quantitatively estimate the influence of gravity waves on Mars' planetary circulation.