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This exciting discovery opens up new possibilities for auroral research and confirms that auroras could be visible to future ...
Satellite images of the Red Planet suggest scientists were wrong about these strange Martian features.
For the first time, NASA’s MAVEN mission has directly observed a process called sputtering, an elusive atmospheric escape ...
This week, Mars will shine brighter than at any time since December 2022 as it reaches a point astronomers call "opposition." That means skywatchers will have the best views of the Red Planet ...
Once you spot Mars, finding the green cosmic snowball should ... To locate the cosmic couple, face west just after sunset and look for an orange-red point of light just to the right of the Orion ...
Images taken by NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover show that the Red Planet appears to have a mouse problem, according to an amateur astronomer. The image looks like a “possible gigantic mouse or ...
You may like Perseverance rover rolls onto 'Crocodile' plateau on Mars to hunt for ... and similar to the oxidized red rust you might find on your car. The green spots that can be seen in ...
Weirdly similar, right? There's another shot of a Phobos transit, taken on the morning of Sol 42 on Mars. The Red Planet's moons never completely cover up the sun's disk, but the Sol 42 transit ...
It’s not even the first time such an image has been spotted on the red planet. In 2019, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter took a picture of a Trek-shaped lava formation from space. It was located ...
The Sun sets differently on Mars. Part of that is due to its distance ... A great example of the effects can be seen in the Red Planet’s noctilucent clouds. Latin for “night shining ...