What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently awarded NASA grant hopes to address as a PhD student at Texas A&M University ...
Looking at dunes and other rock formations on both Earth and Mars can tell scientists the environmental conditions that created them When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
Ten years ago, on September 21, 2014, NASA's MAVEN spacecraft started orbiting Mars, examining how the planet's atmosphere interacts with the Sun and solar wind. MAVEN has contributed to the ...
Which way the wind blows in space has new importance for astronaut safety at the Moon. Using data from several NASA missions, scientists discovered that wind created by high-speed particles from the ...