The work found that temperatures under the polar cap may reach -100 Fahrenheit (-73 Celsius), within range for briny water. Previous research had pegged the temperature as being colder, closer to ...

Scientists are now able to better explain why Mars’s residual southern ice cap is misplaced, thanks to data from ESA’s Mars Express spacecraft – the martian weather system is to blame. And ...

ESA's Mars Express has found evidence of more liquid water beneath the ice cap in the south polar region of Mars. Based on data from the MARSIS radar instrument, researchers found three subsurface ...

Porous, ultralow-temperature supercapacitors could power Mars, polar missions Date: March 11, 2021 Source: American Chemical Society Summary: NASA's Perseverance Rover recently made a successful ...

For reference, that temperature is only 0.3 C from the average temperature on Mars; cold enough to freeze exposed skin in seconds. It’s the coldest temperature Russia has recorded in two decades.

(SN: 5/11/20). Lab work exploring how substances react to conditions at Mars’ southern polar ice cap could help further constrain what generates the bright radar spots, Bierson says.

Researchers have 3D printed porous carbon aerogels for electrodes in ultralow-temperature supercapacitors, reducing heating needs for future space and polar missions.