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New images reveal that the strange Martian stripes on the slopes are formed by avalanches of dry dust, not liquid water.
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has learned to pull off daring 120-degree rolls that give its SHARAD radar ...
Dark “slope streaks,” likely resulting from dust avalanches, stretch across an area of Mars called Acheron Fossae in this ...
"One of the most successful and enduring feats of interplanetary exploration, NASA's Opportunity rover mission is at an end after almost 15 years exploring the surface of Mars and helping lay the ...
Our two-person team loaded the car with a GPS, a drone, notebooks, sample bags, a trowel and a flat spatula lovingly called a ...
Learn how NASA’s satellite fleet helps provide weather Information for the missions on the surface of Mars. Credit: ...
Scientists from NIT Rourkela and Sun Yat-sen University analyze dust storms and water ice clouds on Mars using over 20 years of data. By understanding Martian weather, they aim to protect spacecraft, ...
Learn how NASA’s satellite fleet helps provide weather Information for the missions on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech ...
Understandin the planet's weather, including its dust storms, could also help the space agency plan for future human ...
The exact mechanism behind Mars’ ubiquitous dust storms is little understood. But a recent discovery is an important step forward Scientists looking into the cause of mammoth dust storms that ...
Dust storms on Mars could one day pose dangers to human astronauts, damaging equipment and burying solar panels. New research gets closer to predicting when extreme weather might erupt on the Red ...