Mars has always captured human imagination with its striking red hues and mysterious landscapes. Recent images from NASA’s Mars Orbiter unveiled a peculiar geological feature that has intrigued ...

On the Red Planet’s northern hemisphere, there are frozen sand dunes that look just like kidney beans-but you definitely can’t […] ...

This stunning image of sandy dunes on Mars is a great example ... The wind is continuously moving sand grains up the longer dune slope, towards the top. The small ripples on the slope are caused ...

"Shorelines are great locations to look for evidence of past life." Today, Mars is a chilly desert of rock and dust — but 4 billion years ago, the planet had rivers, lakes and even oceans with sandy ...

Mars may once have held enough water to fill oceans and form coastlines. The planet’s red dust contains water and likely formed in cold conditions.

When NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter attempts its first test flight on the Red Planet, the agency's Mars 2020 Perseverance rover will be close by, as seen in this artist's concept. NASA MARCI ...

NASA's Curiosity Rover reveals stunning new images of another world. Curiosity, a car-sized robotic rover featured in Destination: Mars, landed on the red planet in August 2012. As Curiosity makes ...

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Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has received a three-year, $2,999,998 million grant from NASA to identify and ...

Mars may have been a prime vacation spot millions ... “The structures don’t look like sand dunes,” said Michael Manga, a University of California, Berkeley professor.

The radar was also able to determine the size of the particles in these layers, which matched that of sand. Yet, the deposits don't resemble ancient, wind-blown dunes, which are common on Mars.

With its red sand outside and shelves of astronaut helmets ... two comfy chairs The 160 square metres home, nicknamed the Mars Dune Alpha has a dining/living area, a workspace with a vertical ...