Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MAVEN data shows Mars can redirect plasma inside its ionosphere during solar storms, revealing a new space weather effect. (CREDIT ...

Scientists have found an unexpected pattern in Mars' atmosphere called the Zwan-Wolf effect, which generally only occurs on planets like Earth that have strong magnetic fields. These magnetic fields ...

Mars does not have Earth’s kind of magnetic shield, so it has often been treated as the solar system’s more exposed world. It is a planet left to take the sun’s blows with far less protection. But ...