One of my gripes with "The Martian" movie was the depiction of the winds on Mars. The lower air density means that the sort of high speed winds we might experience on Earth carry far less of an impact ...

Conditions at the surface of Mars are enigmatic and complex and have varied substantially over the course of the planet’s history. The roles of erosion, transport and chemical weathering in ...

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 ...

Researchers have tested a suite of anemometers — tools that measure wind speeds — designed to operate on the surface of Mars. These would not be the first to take the Martian wind speed ...

Life on Mars is looking more viable each day. A new study based on a NASA climate model suggests that using wind energy is a viable way to power human missions to the Red Planet. The NASA research ...

New research shows that meteoroid impacts on Mars generate seismic signals that travel much deeper than previously thought, ...

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 ...

Red lines coming from the white dots represent local wind speed and direction, measured by MAVEN's Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer instrument.

Scientists confirm the existence of liquid water on Mars, altering our understanding of the Red Planet. Evidence of wave ripples formed by water and w ...

Heat-resistance testing has been conducted on a secretive Chinese weapon, in what is the first confirmation of its existence.

Researchers have discovered two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars, signatures of long-dried ... in the sandy shores of lakebeds, created as wind-driven water laps back and forth.