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 ...

Like Earth, Mars has frozen polar caps, but unlike Earth, ... This misplacement, which has puzzled planetary scientists for years, was solved by scientists in 2005, but now, ...

This misplacement, which has puzzled planetary scientists for years, was solved by scientists in 2005 but now, thanks to ESA’s Mars Express, new information is available to explain the misplacement.

The team concluded that the Martian northern polar cap is quite young, and it's depressing the ground underneath. "We show that the ice sheet pushes the underlying ground into the mantle at a rate ...

MRO has been observing Mars for 6 Mars Years (MY), each of which lasts for 687 Earth days. Shown here is an impact crater on the north polar ice cap, which contains an icy deposit on the crater floor.

A lake of liquid water has been detected by radar beneath the southern polar ice cap of Mars, according to a new study by Italian researchers from the Italian Space Agency, published Wednesday in ...

It turns out Earth isn’t the only planet with polar caps, as Mars has both a north and south polar cap, but instead of being made of frozen water, these caps are made of frozen carbon dioxide, since ...

Like Earth, Mars has frozen polar caps, but unlike Earth, ... This misplacement, which has puzzled planetary scientists for years, was solved by scientists in 2005 but now, ...

50 years on Mars. The current ... 1971, its view of the planet’s surface was obscured by dust. Only the southern polar cap and four mysterious dark spots were visible. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Ted Stryk.

Back in the late 1800s, it was widely assumed that Mars was a planet with abundant water, just like Earth. Astronomers were mapping Mars's polar caps, which advanced and retreated as the seasons ...

Near one edge of the northern polar cap stands a curious feature named Udzha. Named for a town in Siberia, Udzha, which is 45 km (28 mi) across, is classified as a crater. Yet it's almost hidden ...

The goal was to shed light on the processes that shape the planet's surface as well as Mars' overall climate—since Mars cycles about a quarter of its atmosphere throughout the Martian year.