News Archive / Tagged: Mars Express

• Mars Express observes curious cloud near Red Planet volcano

  Jim SharkeyNovember 2nd, 2018

  A strange cloud formation has been discovered on Mars by ESA's Mars Express spacecraft. Where did it come from?

• Martian storm chasers: Spacecraft observe dust storm

  Paul KnightlyJuly 30th, 2018

  A fleet of spacecraft are diligently studying the global dust storm currently encircling Mars. Much as storm chasers would do on Earth, they are collecting valuable data so that scientists can better understand how these storms form and evolve.

• Dust storms linked to gas escaping Martian atmosphere

  Jim SharkeyJanuary 26th, 2018

  A new study using data gathered by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) during the Red Planet's most recent global dust storm in 2007, suggests that such storms play a role in the escaping of gases from the planet's atmosphere. That process transformed the warmer, wetter climate of ancient Mars into the arid, frozen conditions found on the surface of the Red Planet today.

• New analysis yields clues to fate of Beagle 2

  Jim SharkeyNovember 18th, 2016

  Scientists have discovered new clues about the fate of the British-made Beagle 2 Mars lander, thanks to a new research technique. The probe was discovered on the surface of Mars in November 2014 using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), but questions remained about what had caused its failure to contact Earth.