When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Peter Buhler/PSI A lone researcher may have figured out how Mars was able to support ...
Researchers have provided a simple and comprehensive -- if less dramatic -- explanation for bright radar reflections initially interpreted as liquid water beneath the ice cap on Mars' south pole.
Thin, seasonal ice may have protected ancient lakes on Mars, allowing liquid water to last for decades despite cold temperatures.
A swirling mound of ice riddled with dark spiral troughs crowns the north pole of Mars, seen here in a new mosaic from ESA’s Mars Express. The mosaic comprises 57 separate images taken by the High ...
Why it's so special: This week, researchers at the University of Arizona (UA) shared one of the most beautiful images of dunes on the surface of Mars ever taken. The team snapped the image using ...
This image, combining data from two instruments aboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, depicts an orbital view of the north polar region of Mars. The ice-rich polar cap (the quasi-circular white area at ...
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Mars May Have Been Far Wetter Than We Thought — With Lakes and Maybe Even Oceans
'Because the ice is thin and temporary, it would leave little evidence behind, which could explain why rovers have not found ...
Mars is at the tail-end of an ice age that would have seen large swathes of the dusty red planet covered with ice. First evidence of ice age cycles seen in Mars' northern polar ice cap Radar data ...
Scientists using radar data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) have found a record of the most recent Martian ice age recorded in the planet’s north polar ice cap. The new results agree ...
ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell University researchers have provided a simple and comprehensive – if less dramatic – explanation for bright radar reflections initially interpreted as liquid water beneath the ...
Trio of 'black mesas' leftover from Paleozoic era spawn rare sand dunes in the Sahara Sea of Saharan 'star dunes' clashes with otherworldly terrain where 2 countries meet Soar through a ...
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