Scientists have identified what appear to be enormous water-carved caves on Mars, revealed through giant skylights in the ...
A new radar technique allowed the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) to scan deep into the Martian surface and determine an ...
Mars’s Coloe Fossae reveals a landscape shaped by ancient ice ages, with deep valleys, cratered terrain, and frozen debris ...
For years, scientists have been intrigued by mysterious dark streaks running down the slopes of Martian cliffs and craters. These marks, called slope streaks and recurring slope lineae (RSLs), have ...
Researcher Valentin Bickel wanted to know just how intense winds can be on the red planet. Using data obtained by the Mars camera CaSSIS (Color and Stereo Surface Imaging System), the ExoMars Trace ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The CaSSIS camera aboard the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter captures dark ...
Searching for water on Mars often feels like chasing a flicker of hope in a cold and quiet world. You read about dried ...
Prevailing theories suggest that Mars was once covered in a major liquid water system of oceans, rivers, and lakes, which presupposes a thick atmosphere that could maintain temperatures at which ...
Learn more about volcanic activity on Mars and how it may have once provided vital elements to the atmosphere.