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.

L ong ago, flowing wind and water shaped Mars's malleable sand and sediment into dunes, ripples and other landscape patterns, ...

This research underscores the need to consider environmental factors, such as dust and sand, when designing rotorcraft for Mars ... that helps predict flow patterns in different fluid flow ...

These geysers leave behind dark fan-shaped patterns on the surface ... Spring winds also set Mars’ sand dunes in motion. During the cold Martian winter, frozen carbon dioxide locks these ...

A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them can help us determine if there was ever enough water on Mars to sustain ...

Martian dunes migrate as the wind blows away grains of sand from one side of a dune and builds upon another. However, in contrast to our planet's constantly changing dunes, Mars appears motionless ...

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 ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured images of kidney bean-shaped frozen sand dunes in Mars' northern ... Telescope captures wood grain-like patterns revealing 3D structures of ...

Lori's recent publications describe how dunes and dune fields record climate change on Mars, the first evidence for ... for wind gustiness and its effects on sand movement, and how the alignment of ...