The surface of Mars is extremely cold, irradiated, and desiccated. But at one time, the planet was much warmer and wetter, ...

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 ...

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars has discovered unusual "float" rocks on the rim of Jezero Crater while searching for signs ...

While it may seem like another dusty region of Mars, fresh data from a deep-penetrating radar system tells a very different story. This giant deposit might be hiding a frozen ocean under layers of ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a skull-shaped “float rock” on Mars, dubbed Skull Hill, sparking curiosity about its ...

In those drill sites, Curiosity detected deposits containing an iron carbonate material called siderite. According to Ben ...

suggesting that conditions were too cold for ice to melt at that time. More recent observations have pointed to several regions on Mars with potential eskers [winding ridges of sand and gravel ...

NASA has revealed a 328-foot-wide hole on Mars, potentially a gateway to subterranean caves that could harbor alien life.

dry ice waves, water waves, and dust storms. The biggest challenge? Identifying images with and without clouds among hundreds of thousands of photos—since clouds are rare and scattered on Mars.

The atmosphere on Mars is 95% CO₂ and the average temperatures below -50 °C. Probes have found evidence of ice on Mars, and many of the elements that would be needed to sustain life.

Phoenix Mars Mission: Onto the Ice is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Fire Tablet ...