Strange grooves, swirling valleys, and hidden ice far from Mars’s poles reveal a surprisingly recent ice age, as new ESA ...

Hints of buried water on Mars have swung between tantalizing and controversial, but one idea keeps resurfacing: lakes could ...

Did you know that Mars has polar ice caps just like we do here on Earth? With the right technology, they might be our water ...

This image, combining data from two instruments aboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, depicts an orbital view of the north polar region of Mars. The ice-rich polar cap (the quasi-circular white area at ...

They're some of the most sterile places on Earth - but scientists have discovered dozens of new bacterial species inside NASA ...

Base Camp Infrastructure on the ice at Lake Untersee, Antarctica — Dale Andersen. Field Season: January–February 2026 focused ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

New satellite records capture how polar ice sheets slide toward the sea, helping scientists better understand ice loss and ...

Using images from cameras on Mars orbiters, an international research team has discovered structures on Mars that are very ...

If humans are ever to land on Mars, they will need somewhere to stay—a protective shell that can shield them from the sun’s harsh rays. One possible answer: great, glassy domes of ice. Mars is rich in ...

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less than a meter beneath the surface, close enough to be harvested for water, ...

NASA's sharp-eyed Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) just notched a big milestone. MRO's HiRISE ("High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment") camera has now snapped 100,000 photos of the surface of ...