{"id":15128528,"date":"2026-05-30T00:32:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/maven-spacecraft-finds-new-plasma-squeezing-at-mars\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T04:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T08:01:13","slug":"maven-spacecraft-finds-new-plasma-squeezing-at-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/maven-spacecraft-finds-new-plasma-squeezing-at-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"MAVEN Spacecraft Finds New Plasma Squeezing at Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/article_images\/ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152.jpg\" alt=\"Artist\u2019s illustration of the Zwan-Wolf effect at Mars, which is an atmospheric effect involving the solar wind, and was observed by NASA\u2019s MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft in December 2023. (Credit: LASP\/CU Boulder)\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A cloaked alien invasion force is approaching Earth and coming up on Mars. The first officer looks through a viewfinder and says, \u201cCaptain, the fourth planet\u2019s atmosphere is behaving strangely. As though it were trying to block incoming energy.\u201d The captain takes a moment, then his (already big) eyes get wide and he exclaims, \u201cIt\u2019s a defense shield! The Earthlings are hiding on the fourth planet and are prepared to attack us! Abort the invasion!\u201d The first officer responds, \u201cAye aye, Captain!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/articles\/maven-spacecraft-finds-new-plasma-squeezing-at-mars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Universe Today<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cloaked alien invasion force is approaching Earth and coming up on Mars. The first officer looks through a viewfinder and says, \u201cCaptain, the fourth planet\u2019s atmosphere is behaving strangely. As though it were trying to block incoming energy.\u201d The\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15128530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15128528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152.jpg",750,422,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152-300x169.jpg",300,169,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152-620x349.jpg",620,349,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152.jpg",750,422,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152.jpg",750,422,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152.jpg",750,422,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152.jpg",750,422,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152.jpg",750,422,false],"ignition_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152-670x422.jpg",670,422,true],"ignition_item_lg":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152.jpg",750,422,false],"ignition_article_media":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152-510x422.jpg",510,422,true],"ignition_minicart_item":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152-160x160.jpg",160,160,true],"profile_24":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152-24x24.jpg",24,24,true],"profile_48":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152-48x48.jpg",48,48,true],"profile_96":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152-96x96.jpg",96,96,true],"profile_150":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"profile_300":["https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/15128528-ezgif-243b2bc250f85a51_750_20260530_003152-300x300.jpg",300,300,true]},"author_info":{"display_name":"news.iNthacity","author_link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/author\/atombo\/"},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/articles\/news\/\" rel=\"category tag\">All News<\/a>","tag_info":"All News","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15128528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15128528"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15128528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15128529,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15128528\/revisions\/15128529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15128530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15128528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15128528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15128528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}