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Scientists Have Confirmed a “Completely Unexpected” Martian Discovery with Help from NASA’s ‘MAVEN’ Mission Data

Scientists have confirmed an unexpected discovery in the atmosphere of Mars, according to newly published findings.

NASA’s MAVEN Detects Atmospheric Effect on Mars That ‘No One Expected’

Using data from NASA’s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission, scientists identified the Zwan-Wolf effect in Mars’ atmosphere. The phenomenon is known to occur ...
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Silent NASA Mars spacecraft leads to unexpected solar wind discovery on Mars

Data from NASA's MAVEN spacecraft revealed a new atmospheric effect on Mars, revealing how solar storms may shape planets ...
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NASA's MAVEN finds first evidence of Zwan-Wolf effect deep in the atmosphere of Mars

Since its discovery in 1976, the Zwan-Wolf effect has only been found in planetary magnetospheres, never in an atmosphere.
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MAVEN: A Decade-Old Critical NASA Mars Orbiter in Distress

Eleven years in Mars orbit, terabytes of vital information on the Martian atmosphere, and over half a billion dollars in government funding. This is what was brought into peril on December 6th, 2025, ...
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Stories about: Maven

13 Dec 2025, 03:23 UTC · By: Benny Kirk // With one of NASA's most data-rich Martian orbiters of the 21st century in distress, now is as good a time as ever to remember what's at stake if MAVEN is ...
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NASA Solicitation: Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer LADEE NMS and Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Maven NGIMS Phase BCD Flight So

Flight Software Development for the Neutral Mass Spectrometer (NMS) for the Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Experiment Explorer (LADEE) Mission and the Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) for the ...