Mars’ atmosphere

Chemical reactions high in Mars’ atmosphere rip apart water molecules 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 21, 2020
The process, which takes four hours on average, helps explain why Mars loses water so fast

By David Aragorn
Mars: Green glow detected on the Red Planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- June 16, 2020
Scientists have identified a green light in the atmosphere of Mars.

By David Aragorn
‘Dust Towers’ Spotted on Mars 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 30, 2019
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observed a high number of ‘dust towers’ — concentrated clouds of dust that warm in sunlight and rise high into the air — during the global Martian dust storm in 2018.

By David Aragorn
NASA’s Curiosity rover snapped an eerie image of the Mars horizon 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- November 6, 2019
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover is still traversing the Red Planet on its own, searching for evidence of past life there.

By David Aragorn
A spacecraft is using the Martian atmosphere to get closer to the planet 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 3, 2018
The ExoMars orbiter is going strong, and slowing down.

By David Aragorn
Martian Dust Storms Linked to Atmospheric Gas Escape 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- February 1, 2018
Martian dust storms play a role in the ongoing process of gas escaping from the top of the planet’s atmosphere, according to a new study using observations by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO).

By David Aragorn
Meteorites reveal story of Martian climate 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- January 13, 2018
New research by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory shows that trapped gasses in ancient Martian meteorites pin down the timing and effectiveness of atmospheric escape processes that have shaped Mars’ climate.

By David Aragorn
Mars’s atmosphere hosts metal layers that shouldn’t exist 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- April 14, 2017
Mars’s atmosphere harbours a layer of electrically charged metal atoms, and they’re not behaving as expected.

By David Aragorn
NASA Considers Magnetic Shield to Help Mars Grow Its Atmosphere 0
- From Around the Web, Space
- March 9, 2017
NASA Planetary Science Division Director, Jim Green, says launching a magnetic shield could help warm Mars and possibly allow it to become habitable.

By David Aragorn