The new work suggests that the edge of the dichotomy was eroded back by hundreds of kilometers during the time when an ocean might have occupied Mars' northern hemisphere. To view the Martian ...

Mars is home to perhaps the greatest mystery of the solar system: the so-called Martian dichotomy, which has baffled ...

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express orbiter captured stunning views of a winter wonderland on Mars, but this isn’t ...

Mars is a planet of extremes, and no region epitomizes this more than the Tharsis province, long recognized as a nexus of volcanic and tectonic activity 1.This province seems to be a giant ...

Boffins have made a discovery that may finally answer the age old question of whether there is alien life on Mars. A region on the Red Planet covering some 1,800 miles has the perfect subterranean ...

Still, some regions of Earth can serve as an approximate representation of Mars’ extreme environment. Perhaps the closest analog to Mars on Earth is the Atacama Desert in Chile. It is the driest ...

No place on Earth has the exact conditions we see on Mars. Scientists believe the Red Planet once had rivers with flowing water. Today, though, the planet’s surface is an arid wasteland with an ...

The RSL in this photo are almost invisible, suggesting that this region of Mars, in Raga Crater, is either entering or in the midst of winter. The linae will reappear the following spring and summer.

and by NASA's NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter using its High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on September 2022, these images showcase what appears to be a snowy landscape in ...