Fluid-rock interactions on ancient Mars may have produced abundant magnetic minerals that preserved unusually intense records ...

A new study suggests Mars’ magnetic field may have persisted far longer than previously believed, creating a protective environment until about 3.9 billion years ago.This extended duration could ...

A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

Qi Zhang, a doctoral student at the Swedish Institute of Space Physics and Umeå University, explores in her doctoral thesis ...

The new Russian rocket engine achieves higher acceleration than chemical rockets by using magnetic plasma accelerators, ...

Astronauts on the International Space Station are still within Earth’s magnetic field, which protects them from solar and cosmic radiation effects. If you travel to Mars, you will be exposed to ...

While Nasa’s budgetary struggle continues, the red planet may be a step closer for China after it unveiled a powerful new ...

Elon Musk's Tesla’s humanoid robot — dubbed Optimus and designed to assist humans in a variety of tasks — is expected to travel to Mars by 2026, according to an announcement from SpaceX CEO himself re ...

Relatively early in its history, Mars lost its magnetic field, which allowed the solar wind to claw away most of its atmosphere; with that, much of the water sublimed into space. It’s in the ...

While Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field protect the planet from these solar events, Mars has no such protection. But the sun's solar particles could be a boon for studies of — and travel to ...

Those tiny colorful dinosaur toys that grow bigger underwater might hold the key to protecting astronauts as they journey through space.