Mars has a cold, desert-like climate with a thin atmosphere that supports extreme temperature variations, from highs of 68 °F ...

To determine just how drastic, planetary scientists led by Edwin Kite of the University of Chicago modeled how losing its atmospheric carbon in carbonate rocks has affected how Mars' climate has ...

Mars's atmosphere and climate are impacted by interactions with solar wind, a stream of plasma comprised of protons and electrons that flows from the sun's outermost atmosphere (corona), traveling ...

Mars’ atmosphere is far more dynamic than previously thought. Clarke notes, "In recent years, scientists have found that Mars has an annual cycle that is much more dynamic than people expected ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting environments for long stretches in the ancient past, a new study suggests.

"Warming Mars is crucial because of positive climate feedbacks. As the planet warms, CO 2 ice at the poles and adsorbed in the soil begins to sublimate, thickening the atmosphere and releasing ...

The carbon that once warmed Mars’ atmosphere has been locked in its rusty rocks for millennia. That’s the story revealed by a hidden cache of carbon-bearing minerals unearthed by NASA’s ...

NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered a hidden chemical archive of ancient Mars’ atmosphere, which suggests that large amounts of carbon dioxide have been locked into the planet’s ...

Explaining persistent hydrogen in Mars’ atmosphere New insight into Red Planet’s hot again, cold again history Peer-Reviewed Publication Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and ...

To determine just how drastic, planetary scientists led by Edwin Kite of the University of Chicago modeled how losing its atmospheric carbon in carbonate rocks has affected how Mars' climate has ...