The solar wind is a constant feature of the solar system – except on Christmas Day 2022 when it suddenly vanished completely. The odd event was detected by a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars, which found ...

The Zhurong rover has operated on the surface of Mars for over a year since it deployed on May 22, 2021. Before the rover suspended operations on May 20, 2022, due to the onset of winter and the ...

The NASA-funded mission will launch two twin spacecraft to explore Mars' magnetosphere and how it interacts with solar wind. Reading time 2 minutes A pair of spacecraft is undergoing final testing ...

NASA’s ESCAPADE mission is set to launch two small satellites, built by Rocket Lab, into Mars’ orbit to investigate the processes that led to the loss of the planet’s ancient atmosphere. These twin ...