Given that Mars is significantly colder and further from the Sun, it's easy to imagine that its polar ice caps have been there for ages, and the planet is frozen and static. But that isn't likely ...

Yes, the red planet was likely cooler than Earth, which meant it probably sported much larger polar ice caps and was much ...

As it swoops around the Red Planet, MRO searches for evidence ... this image shows a dune field near the base of Mars' north polar ice cap, Planum Boreum. About 620 miles (1,000 kilometers ...

If you've ever looked at Mars through a telescope, you probably noticed its two polar ... indicate the ice cap is young—well more than any other large-scale feature seen on the planet.

Together, the group has been able to determine the Red Planet’s interior structure and assess the age of its northern polar ice cap. The north pole of Mars is covered by a 1000-kilometre-wide, ...

They also varied the amount of geothermal heat coming from inside the planet. These experiments generated ... that there is an accumulation of liquid water beneath Mars’ south polar ice cap, and that ...

Why it's so special: This week, researchers at the University of Arizona (UA) shared one of the most beautiful images of dunes on the surface of Mars ever taken. The team snapped the image using ...

which is operated by UA scientists and lives on board NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). In this image, winds from the polar cap have created long, parallel dunes closest to it and crescent ...