What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently ...

Though it's a cold, dead planet, Mars still has its own natural beauty about it. This image shows us something we'll never ...

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.

This NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image, acquired on May 13, 2018, during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap covering the region and as the sun returns in the spring, ...

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 ...

Berger’s project, Insights into the Martian Environment Through Pattern Analysis of Compound Dunes, focuses on studying dune ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...