Astronomers found evidence that solar storms and dust storms magnify heat synergistically on Mars, by as much as 90 degrees Fahrenheit (50 degrees Celsius).

In Perseverance Valley, the weather has been atrocious of late, so much so that NASA’s Opportunity rover has gone offline because it is dependent on solar power, and well, there is no sunlight. This ...

Scientists have identified a complex relationship between different types of dust storms on Mars, revealing a weather pattern that may affect future exploration plans, according to research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Comparison of Mars before (left) and during (right) the June 2018 dust storm, which coincided with the solar energetic particle ...

NASA scientists are hopeful that the prolonged hibernation for the Opportunity rover has not led to a system malfunction or that the planet-encircling dust storm has not irreparably damaged the ...

When a Lancaster University team set out to learn whether solar energetic particle events — bursts of high-speed charged particles unleashed by solar flares and coronal mass ejections — could warm ...

Mars dust is known to contain various carcinogens, such as silica and numerous heavy metals. How will future astronauts mitigate the health risks?

Dust storms on Mars have a bad reputation for covering the planet and spelling doom for solar-powered rovers, like Opportunity. But when a wind vortex, also known as a dust devil, recently passed over ...

NASA has released a report recommending an initial health standard for the Martian dust that astronauts could inhale during ...