The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — Solar winds are not like the gusts, gales, or even squalls we know here on Earth. At their ...

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a ...

Mars once looked far more like Earth, with a thicker atmosphere and liquid water pooling on its surface, yet today it is a frozen desert where even a thin wisp of air struggles to hold on. NASA’s ...

The sun continuously blasts charged, magnetic field-carrying particles, or plasma, in all directions. This solar wind ...

The rusty world is full of mysteries—and some of the solar system's most extreme geology. Learn more about Earth's smaller, colder neighbor.