A crater on Mars has a bright patch of ice. It's the second time in over a decade that the crater and ice has been observed ...

marking the presence of underground ice near the surface at the time of eruption. The new findings raise questions about Mars ...

New research reveals ancient ripples on Mars, providing compelling evidence of long-lost lakes that once existed 3.7 billion ...

Formations that look like jumbo-sized kidney beans (or blobs of chocolate syrup, depending on your palette) may be indicators ...

Scientists confirm the existence of liquid water on Mars, altering our understanding of the Red Planet. Evidence of wave ...

Though it's a cold, dead planet, Mars still has its own natural beauty about it. This image shows us something we'll never ...

They concluded that the presence of wave ripples formed 3.7 billion years ago indicates that Mars’ climate was warm and dense enough to maintain bodies of water not covered by ice, and therefore open ...

The 3.7-billion-year-old formations in the planet's Gale Crater suggest the presence of long-gone bodies of liquid water, with no ice covering the surface ...

More information: Claire A. Mondro et al, Wave ripples formed in ancient, ice-free lakes in Gale crater, Mars, Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr0010 ...

In 1971, astronomer Carl Sagan suggested melting Mars' ice-covered lakes at the polar regions to warm the planet, which could provide nutrients and water to plants during seasonal ice melt as the ...

Some of Mars’ CO2 geysers erupt and create dark spots as large as 1 km across. They are fueled by considerable power and can ...