A nasty dust storm is wrapping around Mars, and visibility in some regions is so poor that the skies look like night during the middle of the day. It's a dire moment for NASA's Opportunity rover ...
Conditions at the surface of Mars are enigmatic and complex and have varied substantially over the course of the planet’s history. The roles of erosion, transport and chemical weathering in ...
Martian dust storms rank among the most impressive in our Solar System. But no matter how menacing they appear from Mars orbit, they’re not likely to cause astronauts to abort future surface ...
Mars is losing its atmosphere faster than Earth, and planet-encircling dust storms are speeding up the process, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Its Mars Orbiter Mission ...
Dust storms: Travelling around the room using leaps ... to make a fun fact file about Mars. Cool down: Using the imagery of dust settling to allow the children to sink to the floor in a light ...
The American space agency says it is concerned but hopeful that its veteran robot rover on Mars can survive a big dust storm on the planet. The 15-year-old vehicle, known as Opportunity ...
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN ... That proximity can "cause billowing dust storms to blanket the surface." This year's solar maximum coincides with the planet's dust ...