When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration shows an misty atmosphere around the Red Planet Mars. Could this envelop of gas ...

FILE PHOTO: This image mosaic taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit's panoramic camera shows a new slice of.. By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The idea of transforming Mars into a world more ...

Mars’ north polar vortex locks its atmosphere in extreme cold and darkness, freezing out water vapor and triggering a ...

Mars' missing atmosphere may be locked up in the planet's clay-rich surface, a new study by MIT geologists has suggested. According to the researchers, ancient water trickling through Mars' rocks ...

Massive volcanic eruptions billions of years ago may have made it snow on Mars, leaving thick buried ice near the planet’s ...

Use cases for smart materials in space exploration keep cropping up everywhere. They are used in everything from antenna ...

All evidence points to Mars having had a carbon dioxide-rich atmosphere billions of years ago, but insufficient carbonates in Martian soil challenge this theory. Now, a new study using data from ...

(Nanowerk News) 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 ...

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China has reportedly developed a battery that could be recharged by the atmosphere in Mars, and withstand its extreme conditions. University of Science and Technology of China researchers released a ...

On September 29, 2013, SpaceX performed the first supersonic retropropulsion (SRP) maneuver to decelerate the reentry of the first stage of their Falcon 9 rocket. NASA asked if their EDL (entry, ...

"Mars' missing atmosphere could be hiding in plain sight." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. New research suggests the atmosphere ...