The Martian atmosphere is a dynamic and complex system where a range of processes—from diurnal thermal variations to planet‐wide dust storms—interact to shape the surface and climate of the red planet ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover captured the first hint of the Sun’s rays on Mars. This can help scientists understand more about the Martian atmosphere and its temperatures as part of a longer-term research ...

BEIJING -- A group of Chinese researchers has carried out a comprehensive simulation of the Martian dust cycle, based on ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has detected electrical sparks in dust devils on the planet Mars. The crackles, which the rover ...

A NASA rover that launched from Florida detected electrical sparks igniting within small dusty tornadoes whirling on Mars' ...

NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has identified the process that appears to have played a key role in the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet ...

What does electrical activity and dust storms on Mars have in common? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes ...

Learning what happened to the Martian atmosphere will help scientists assess whether the planet ever was habitable. The present atmosphere of Mars is 100 times thinner than Earth’s. A set of ...

Analysis of krypton isotopes trapped in a Martian meteorite could jumble astronomers’ understanding of how the planet’s atmosphere formed. By piecing together how Mars formed the atmosphere it has ...

New analysis of data sent back by the SPICAM spectrometer on board the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft revealed that the planet’s atmosphere is supersaturated with water vapor.

For the first time, scientists have caught a key driver of the ongoing erosion of the atmosphere of Mars in action. It took more than nine years' worth of satellite data, but a team led by planetary ...