Small lakes on ancient Mars may have remained liquid for decades, even with average air temperatures well below freezing.

It was one of the most provocative findings of the past decade in planetary science: a potential underground lake of liquid water beneath Mars’ South Pole. First reported in 2018 by a team using the ...

MRO used a special maneuver that rolls the spacecraft over 120 degrees. This enhances the power of SHARAD, which is MRO’s ...

A recent study examining Martian craters identified that the planet experienced multiple ice ages between approximately 640 and 98 million years ago. This research revealed a consistent pattern ...

Are researchers searching in the wrong locations on Mars to find ancient life? This is what a recent study published in Astrobiology hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated searching in ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it’s telling us something about what the planet’s ...

"Explosive volcanism could repeatedly seed low latitudes with ice and ash, producing buried or insulated ice deposits that help explain the excess hydrogen signals measured near the equator." When you ...

Mid-latitude valleys and crater floors on the Red Planet reveal swirling deposits from ancient glacial flows. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...