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The Day the Solar Wind Disappeared from Mars

In December 2022, NASA’s Mars-orbiting MAVEN mission observed the dramatic and unexpected “disappearance” of the solar wind, a stream of…

Mars Report: Dust Storms on Mars

A large dust storm on Mars, nearly twice the size of the United States, covered the southern hemisphere of the…

Mars Report: How’s the Weather on Mars?

Seasons change even on Mars and NASA's fleet of explorers are helping scientists learn more about the effects on the…

How’s the Weather on Mars? NASA Mars Report

NASA's robotic explorers are helping scientists learn about the weather on Mars.

Mars Nightglow Animation from MAVEN Observations

Mars’ nightside atmosphere glows and pulsates in this data animation from MAVEN spacecraft observations. Green-to-white false color shows the enhanced brightenings…

Mars Evolution from Wet to Dry

This is an artist's model of an early Mars - billions of years ago - which may have had oceans…

Ultraviolet Mars Reveals Cloud Formation

Ultraviolet images from NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution mission, MAVEN, were used to make this movie of rapid cloud…

Comet Siding Spring Wide Shots

This visualization shows MAVEN and Comet Siding Spring making their way through the solar system to a close encounter near…

Comet Siding Spring Wide Shots (Fixed)

This visualization shows MAVEN and Comet Siding Spring making their way through the solar system to a close encounter near…

Investigating the Martian Atmosphere

The Martian surface bears ample evidence of flowing water in its youth, from crater lakes and riverbeds to minerals that…

MAVEN Targeting Mars

NASA's MAVEN spacecraft is quickly approaching Mars on a mission to study its upper atmosphere. When it arrives on September…

Colliding Atmospheres: Mars vs Comet Siding Spring

Comet Siding Spring is about to fly historically close to Mars. The encounter could spark Martian auroras, a meteor shower,…

Studying the Solar Wind on Mars

Robert Lin, the late director of the Space Sciences Laboratory, discusses how NASA's MAVEN spacecraft will study the interaction of…

MAVEN Ready for Launch

NASA managers poll the launch team to ensure all is ready for the liftoff of an Atlas V at Cape…

MAVEN Rolls to the Launch Pad

NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft, mounted atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, rolls out…