While NASA aims to land humans on Mars by the 2030s, one challenge stands out - radiation. The Red Planet lacks a magnetic field and thick atmosphere, leaving future astronauts exposed to galactic ...

A TOUGH lifeform could survive the brutal conditions of Mars. That's the verdict from scientists who spent five hours blasting it with a year's worth of Martian radiation. Lichens are common on ...

aculeata to Mars-like atmospheric conditions, including simulated air pressure and temperature changes, for five hours. They also simulated the amount of X-ray radiation Mars could experience in a ...

Wiens was selected for his pioneering research in planetary science and instrumental role in advancing NASA’s Mars exploration efforts. Wiens is renowned for leading development of the SuperCam ...

Spend a single day outside our planet's protective atmosphere and magnetic field, and you could be exposed to radiation levels equivalent to what you'd experience across a whole year back on Earth.

Mars may be our next great frontier, but it's not as welcoming as it seems. Without a thick atmosphere or magnetic field, the planet is bombarded with radiation from space. This raises a critical ...

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As space agencies and private companies look toward sending human crews to Mars, they'll have to find ways to mitigate the dangers posed by high-energy radiation from solar storms. The weather on ...

How will future Mars astronauts shield themselves from harmful space radiation? This is what a recent study published in The European Physical Journal Plus hopes to address as a pair of international ...

But the biggest obstacle to crewed exploration of Mars might be something that’s totally invisible and often overlooked: the space radiation that can wreak havoc on the human body. While Elon ...

Ever dream of travelling to Mars? There could be potential health drawbacks if you did, including a hefty dose of radiation, a new study finds. A 253-day trip to the Red Planet would expose an ...