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MAVEN Heads to Mars
NASA's next orbiter has successfully launched and is en route for the Red Planet. At 1:28 p.m. on November 18th, NASA launched a time machine to go to Mars. Despite some ominous clouds, MAVEN...
View ArticleMAVEN Makes It to Mars
On September 21st, after a 33-minute-long rocket firing, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft slipped into orbit around the Red Planet. The post MAVEN Makes It to Mars...
View ArticleMAVEN Finds New Particles, Ion Plume
NASA’s MAVEN mission has discovered a new population of particles in Mars’s upper atmosphere. It’s also found a plume of particles escaping from the planet’s poles, confirming atmospheric loss is...
View ArticleMAVEN Spots Dust Cloud, Aurora on Mars
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has detected dust high in Mars’s atmosphere and auroras across the planet’s northern hemisphere. The post MAVEN Spots Dust Cloud, Aurora on Mars appeared first on Sky &...
View ArticleMars Losing Gas to Solar Wind
NASA’s Mars orbiter MAVEN has painted a detailed picture of how the solar wind robs the Red Planet of its atmosphere. The post Mars Losing Gas to Solar Wind appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
View ArticleMAVEN’s Mars: in Ultraviolet
NASA’s youngest Mars orbiter has watched clouds grow and detected an ozone accumulation on the Red Planet. The post MAVEN’s Mars: in Ultraviolet appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
View ArticleMars Lost Atmosphere to Space
NASA’s MAVEN mission has confirmed that the solar wind stripped the Red Planet of its atmosphere. The post Mars Lost Atmosphere to Space appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
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