Blocks of frozen carbon dioxide sliding down Martian dunes may have carved the planet’s strange gullies, mimicking the work of living creatures.
"The CO2 ice block began to dig into the slope and move downwards just like a burrowing mole or the sandworms from 'Dune.' It ...
Should a future mission to Mars discover life on the planet's surface there is a chance a laboratory in the Surrey ...
That idea thrilled scientists because it meant Mars might once have supported life. But newer space images have revealed that ...
New research shows that dry ice blocks, not water or life, may be responsible for the mysterious gullies carved into Mars’ ...
Terraforming is the theoretical process of transforming a planet or moon to make it habitable for humans and other Earth-like ...
Dust devils form when the planet’s surface heats up, pushing hot air close to the ground rapidly up through cooler air above.
The equatorial regions of Mars are home to unexpectedly enormous layers of ice, and they may have been put there by dramatic ...
"Dust affects everything on Mars — from local weather to how well we can take images. It's difficult to overstate its ...
Massive volcanic eruptions billions of years ago may have made it snow on Mars, leaving thick buried ice near the planet’s ...
Explosive volcanic eruptions on early Mars may have transported water ice to equatorial regions, according to a modeling ...
Scientists suggest that dry ice on Mars may move and burrow beneath the surface, creating patterns similar to sandworms from Dune and shedding light on the planet’s changing landscape.