Scientists have found vast oceans of ice lying just below the surface of Mars in a major boost to the search for alien life on the Red Planet. One of the most exciting planetary discoveries ever ...

Gravity will be a challenge — scientists are worried that Mars lacks the "pull" to keep whatever atmosphere is created. Thawing the Pole The Martian South pole has a coating of dry ice (which is ...

As well as discovering other cool things like how many meteorites hit Mars every year, the lander's data can be used to tell us more about the planet's crust, mantle, and core. Previous studies ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. It’s been a generally-agreed fact for years that Mars is hiding significant ice deposits.

In this session the children will start to build a dance using themes and ideas based on the planet Mars; they will use ... travelling between the shapes. Ice shapes: Making an angular group ...

Why it's so special: These odd, fan-like features on the surface of Mars are geysers of gas and dust near the planet's south pole that are visible only in springtime on the Red Planet. This image ...

Things are looking up for digging deep on Mars. Progress is palpable on how best to extract subsurface ice to generate drinkable water, rocket fuel and other useful resources on the Red Planet.

How the geysers form During winter, carbon dioxide ice builds up on Mars' surface. Unlike Earth's ice, this frozen carbon dioxide is transparent. Sunlight passes through it, warming the ground ...