Understanding chorus waves is vital, as they create fast-moving, highly energetic electrons (known as killer electrons) that ...

Mars's atmosphere and climate are impacted by interactions with solar wind, a stream of plasma comprised of protons and ...

Mars' dramatic north-south divide has puzzled scientists for half a century. However, they may now have a conclusive answer.

The car-sized Curiosity rover has spotted evidence of once quite hospitable environs on Mars.

Chorus waves are mysterious, chirping signals produced by spiraling plasma inside our planet's magnetic field. But a new ...

Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could ...

Formations that look like jumbo-sized kidney beans (or blobs of chocolate syrup, depending on your palette) may be indicators ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured a photo of frozen sand dunes in Mars' northern hemisphere. Taken in September ...

What’s more, the southern rocks are magnetized (suggesting they date to an ancient era when Mars had a global magnetic field) ...

A puzzle about Mars has intrigued scientists for decades. The planet’s two hemispheres are strikingly different in structure.