A massive solar storm hits Mars, exposing a risk for future astronauts on the red planet

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. When the sun unleashed an extreme solar storm and hit Mars in May, the red planet was flooded with aurora and an influx of charged particles and radiation, NASA said. The sun has been showing … Read more

A massive solar storm hits Mars, exposing a risk for future astronauts on the red planet

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific developments and more. When the sun unleashed an extreme solar storm and hit Mars in May, the red planet was flooded with aurora and an influx of charged particles and radiation, NASA said. The sun has been showing … Read more

‘We thought it was impossible:’ Water frost on Mars discovered near the Red Planet’s equator

Water frost has been observed on Mars’ equator for the first time. In this region of the Red Planet, similar to the tropics, it was previously thought impossible for frost to exist. The discovery could be crucial for modeling where water exists on Mars and how it is exchanged between the Red Planet’s atmosphere and … Read more