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NASA’s MAVEN Detects Rare Solar Wind Effect in Mars Atmosphere
NASA’s MAVEN orbiter has detected the Zwan-Wolf effect on Mars for the first time. The discovery suggests solar wind interactions on unmagnetized worlds are more complex than scientists once believed.
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New Atlas of Martian Clouds Reveals A Diverse Atmosphere
Despite its thin atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide, Mars can produce striking cloud formations when conditions are right,
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NASA Orbiter Avoids Collision With Mars Moon Phobos
In a rare event, NASA's Mars-orbiting MAVEN spacecraft was forced to perform a previously unplanned manoeuvre this week to avoid a head on collision with red planet's lumpy, crater-filled moon Phobos.
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NASA's Maven Mission Captures Stunning Ultraviolet Image Of Mars
NASA's MAVEN mission has returned images showing the ultraviolet glow from the Martian atmosphere in unprecedented detail, revealing dynamic, previously invisible behaviour.
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To Move To Mars, Hopefuls To Go Through 5 Days Of Tests
The 100 candidates on the shortlist to establish a human colony on the planet Mars are to undergo tests as part of a new phase of the selection process, the project organisers said on Monday.
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Nasa's Maven Probe Observes Mars Moon Phobos in New Light
Spectral images of Phobos in the ultraviolet will allow scientists to better assess the composition of this enigmatic object whose origin is unknown.
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Strong Solar Winds May Have Stripped Life on Mars: NASA
In a first, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has revealed the process that may have played a key role in turning the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment supporting life to a cold, arid planet today.
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Scientists Crack Mystery of Mars' Missing Atmosphere
Scientists have documented a solar storm blasting away Mars' atmosphere, an important clue in a long-standing mystery of how a planet that was once like Earth turned into a cold, dry desert, research published on Thursday shows.
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Mars Missions to Rest as Red Planet Hides Behind Sun
From June 7 to June 21, NASA's Mars Missions will not beam any new data to the Earth as the Red Planet goes behind the Sun and the spacecraft and rovers take their biennial rest.
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NASA Probe Completes 1,000 Orbits Around Red Planet
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) probe - the first mission ever devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere - has completed 1,000 orbits around the Red Planet, four-and-a-half months into its one-year primary mission.
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NASA Spacecraft Provides First Look at Upper Mars Atmosphere
NASA's Maven spacecraft has given scientists their first glimpse of the mysterious upper atmosphere of Mars, which has baffled them for decades.
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NASA’s MAVEN Detects Rare Solar Wind Effect in Mars Atmosphere
NASA’s MAVEN orbiter has detected the Zwan-Wolf effect on Mars for the first time. The discovery suggests solar wind interactions on unmagnetized worlds are more complex than scientists once believed.
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New Atlas of Martian Clouds Reveals A Diverse Atmosphere
Despite its thin atmosphere composed primarily of carbon dioxide, Mars can produce striking cloud formations when conditions are right,
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NASA Orbiter Avoids Collision With Mars Moon Phobos
In a rare event, NASA's Mars-orbiting MAVEN spacecraft was forced to perform a previously unplanned manoeuvre this week to avoid a head on collision with red planet's lumpy, crater-filled moon Phobos.
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NASA's Maven Mission Captures Stunning Ultraviolet Image Of Mars
NASA's MAVEN mission has returned images showing the ultraviolet glow from the Martian atmosphere in unprecedented detail, revealing dynamic, previously invisible behaviour.
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To Move To Mars, Hopefuls To Go Through 5 Days Of Tests
The 100 candidates on the shortlist to establish a human colony on the planet Mars are to undergo tests as part of a new phase of the selection process, the project organisers said on Monday.
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Nasa's Maven Probe Observes Mars Moon Phobos in New Light
Spectral images of Phobos in the ultraviolet will allow scientists to better assess the composition of this enigmatic object whose origin is unknown.
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Strong Solar Winds May Have Stripped Life on Mars: NASA
In a first, NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has revealed the process that may have played a key role in turning the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment supporting life to a cold, arid planet today.
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Scientists Crack Mystery of Mars' Missing Atmosphere
Scientists have documented a solar storm blasting away Mars' atmosphere, an important clue in a long-standing mystery of how a planet that was once like Earth turned into a cold, dry desert, research published on Thursday shows.
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Mars Missions to Rest as Red Planet Hides Behind Sun
From June 7 to June 21, NASA's Mars Missions will not beam any new data to the Earth as the Red Planet goes behind the Sun and the spacecraft and rovers take their biennial rest.
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NASA Probe Completes 1,000 Orbits Around Red Planet
NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) probe - the first mission ever devoted to understanding the Martian upper atmosphere - has completed 1,000 orbits around the Red Planet, four-and-a-half months into its one-year primary mission.
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NASA Spacecraft Provides First Look at Upper Mars Atmosphere
NASA's Maven spacecraft has given scientists their first glimpse of the mysterious upper atmosphere of Mars, which has baffled them for decades.
