Today, we know of Mars as a cold, dry desert, with patches of subterranean ice and ice caps at its poles. Billions of years ...
The iridescent cloud reveals new clues about ice formation in the Martian atmosphere (no little green men, sorry).
NASA's Curiosity rover photographed remnants of rippling waves in an ancient Martian lakebed, proving that the Red Planet had ...
Scientists have used orbiters and rovers to find dried streams, lakes, and gullies on Mars that hint at its watery past, but ...
Human beings have been striving for years to learn more about the planets neighboring Earth. In particular, the efforts have focused on Mars, where the Curiosity rover has been pla ...
While the sight is fascinating, scientists are still trying to understand why carbon dioxide ice clouds only form in specific ...
Mars’s red dust may contain ferrihydrite, an iron mineral that forms in water. This suggests ancient Mars had water for ...
NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered wave-like patterns carved into Martian rock, suggesting that liquid water existed on the ...
Martian clouds are almost always made of dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide. 95% of the planet's atmosphere is CO2.
Ferrihydrite, a water-rich iron mineral, plays an important role in giving the red planet its signature hue, according to the ...
Today, we know of Mars as a cold, dry desert ... In November 2022, NASA's Curiosity rover imaged the Amapari Marker Band in the foothills of Mount Sharp, located in Gale Crater.