Dust Storms on Mars
Dust Storms on Mars Generate Static Electricity. What Does This Do to Its Surface?
A new study shows how electrical discharges caused by Martian storms drives some major chemical processes on the planet's surface.
Ingenuity is Doing Surprisingly Well
After months of extreme cold, NASA's Ingenuity helicopter appears to be back in working order.
“Good Night Oppy” Beautifully Illustrates the Unbreakable Bond Between Humans and our Robotic Explorers
In January 2004, NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity (aka “Oppy”) landed in two completely different locations on Mars. Their missions…
Dust Storms on Mars Continue to Make the Planet Drier
Combining data from three Mars orbiter missions, a team of scientists have found undeniably proof that regional dust storms are…
Dust Particles in the Martian Atmosphere can Create Static Electricity, but not Enough to Endanger the Rovers
Lightning is one of the most powerful forces in nature. Up to 1 billion volts of electricity can flow into…
A Combined Map of Almost 15,000 Dust Storms on Mars
Data in the world of astronomy is spread out in so many different places. There are archives for instruments on…
When Martian Storms Really Get Going, they Create Towers of Dust 80 Kilometers High
When a huge dust storm on Mars—like the one in 2018—reaches its full power, it can turn into a globe-bestriding…
The Global Dust Storm that Ended Opportunity Helped Teach us how Mars Lost its Water
The enduring, and maybe endearing, mystery around Mars is what happened to its water? We can say with near-certainty now,…
This is the Final Photograph from Opportunity
Sad. But beautiful. NASA has shared Opportunity's final photograph from the surface of Mars. The rover's final resting place is…
Still no Word from Opportunity
Could this be the end of the Opportunity rover? There's been no signal from the rover since last summer, when…