Solar storm floods the Martian surface in radiation

Intense solar activity has sparked the fiercest aurora and radiation reading ever recorded on Mars

NASA momentarily ceases communication with Mars orbiters and rovers

This month, movements of the planets will put Mars almost directly behind the Sun, from Earth’s perspective, causing curtailed communications between us and the Red Planet

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Mars orbiter adjusts flight path to avoid collision with Martian moon

NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft performed a previously unscheduled manoeuvre this week

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See Mars as you’ve never seen it before through a NASA spacecraft

New global images of the Red Planet from the MAVEN mission reveal previously invisible behaviour

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New Horizons Update: Spacecraft gets mission extension

The NASA mission has received the green light to fly onward to an object deeper in the Kuiper Belt, known as 2014 MU69

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NASA gets closer to solving the mystery of how Phobos was formed

Thanks to the MAVEN mission, we’re getting closer to finding out how the Martian moon was made

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InSight delay: “It’s more important to do it right than take an unacceptable risk”

NASA has decided to call off the planned March 2016 launch of the next mission to the Red Planet

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Solar storms stripped early Mars of ‘habitable environment’

The cause of the transition of the Martian climate from an early, warm and wet environment to the cold, arid planet it is today has been revealed

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NASA brings us closer to finding out why Mars lost most of its atmosphere

We may be closer to solving the mystery of how the Red Planet changed from a world with surface water to the arid place it is today

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All About Space issue 30 free preview!

We come face-to-face with Uranus’ many mysteries in the latest issue of All About Space

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World Of Animals magazine launches!

Issue 1 of the stunning new animals magazine is on sale now – Win a free 12-month subscription!

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MAVEN gets ready for launch to Mars!

NASA counts down the final hours before bidding their newest spacecraft, MAVEN, a fond farewell as it prepares to blast off to Mars.