This phenomenon was observed over three days in December 2022 during NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN) mission. As a result of the lack of solar wind, the pressure decrease ...
Prof. Jakosky's research focuses on understanding the nature of planetary surfaces and atmospheres and the possibility for the existence of life in the universe. He is Principal Investigator on the ...
a joint study between the Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission has shown. Over three billion years ago, Mars was warm and wet, with large bodies ...
An curved arrow pointing right. NASA and its team behind the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft have found hard evidence of what turned Mars into a cold desert wasteland.
During the fluctuations between warm and cold climates, the chemistry of Mars’ atmosphere was also fluctuating. CO2 is constantly hit by sunlight and converted to CO. In warm periods ...