The dunes in the image are coated with a layer of carbon dioxide frost, but only during the winter in Mars's northern hemisphere. Interestingly, Martian dunes move like their Earthly counterparts ...

The kidney bean-shaped sand dunes spotted on Mars. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has clicked a stunning picture of the Red Planet's surface showing frozen sand dunes in the northern ...

They may resemble kidney beans, but formations on the northern hemisphere of Mars are actually sand dunes covered in carbon dioxide frost How cold winters are on Mars depends on the tilt of its axis.

With funding from NASA, a Texas A&M University graduate student is working to better understand the environment of Mars ...

The main secondary dunes include blowouts, parabolic dunes, and transgressive dunefields (Figures 2 and 3). Note, however, that parabolic and transgressive dunefield dune types may also occur ...

Europe's Mars Express spacecraft recently revealed a captivating sight on Mars, capturing the collision of massive sand dunes with layers of dusty ice at the planet's north pole—a phenomenon ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured images of kidney bean-shaped frozen sand dunes in Mars' northern hemisphere, revealing layers of carbon dioxide frost. These formations provide ...

Washington, NASA 's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has captured unusual circles of sand dunes on the Red Planet. The dunes were snapped by MRO's High Resolution Imaging Experiment ...