Venus has intrigued planetary scientists for decades because of its huge contrasts to Earth,
in spite of its nickname of “Earth's Twin”. Its invisible upper atmosphere and space …

Two of the primary goals of the MAVEN mission are to determine how the rate of escape of
Martian atmospheric gas to space at the current epoch depends upon solar influences and …

The habitability of the surface of any planet is determined by a complex evolution of its
interior, surface, and atmosphere. The electromagnetic and particle radiation of stars drive …

Plasma surface modification of polymers is a well‐established method applied to increase
the surface energy of these materials, where the capacity of cold plasmas to generate free …

During the first year of NASA's Mars 2020 mission, Perseverance rover has investigated the
dark crater floor unit of Jezero crater and four samples of this unit have been collected. The …

Intrinsic magnetic fields have long been thought to shield planets from atmospheric erosion
via stellar winds; however, the influence of the plasma environment on atmospheric escape …

The crustal remnant field on Mars rotates with the planet at a period of 24 h 37 min,
constantly varying the magnetic field configuration interacting with the solar wind. Until now …

Our newly developed 3‐D, multifluid MHD model is used to study the interaction of the solar
wind with Mars. This model is based on the BATS‐R‐US code, using a spherical grid and a …

We present initial results from the first community-wide effort to compare global plasma
interaction model results for Mars. Seven modeling groups participated in this activity, using …

In order to better represent Mars‐solar wind interaction, we present an unprecedented
model achieving spatial resolution down to 50 km, a so far unexplored resolution for global …