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Martian glaciers are mostly pure ice across the Red Planet, suggesting they might potentially be useful resources for any ...
Water ice can be turned to liquid water and leveraged to generate oxygen and hydrogen, which have myriad potential uses.
The Mars water debate continues. A team of scientists suggests vast oceans of water may not be locked within the Red Planet's crust, despite InSight lander data.
Hubble Space Telescope and MAVEN mission have been used to help unravel the mystery of Mars' escaping water. Credit: NASA ...
Scientists used the SHAllow RADar (SHARAD) instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to study the glaciers.
Research into brines suggests that frost-covered regions are the most promising candidates for future Martian habitability ...
The camera moves slowly over a surface that seems deserted and silent. There is no visible life, only dusty terrain ...
Mars was once rich with flowing water. Today, it's a cold, dusty desert marked by dried riverbeds and empty lake basins.
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — A mineral trapped within a Martian meteorite that fell to Earth has revealed traces of water on Mars that date back 4.45 billion years, according to new research.
L aurie Leshin fell in love with Mars when she was 10 years old. It was 1976, the year NASA landed its twin Viking probes on the surface of the Red Planet, beaming back the first closeups of the ...
Mars is covered in evidence of ancient lakes, rain and snow — but scientists aren't sure how that's possible Dark streaks on Mars may not come from water after all, scientists say ...
It’s cold on Mars, well below water’s standard freezing point, but if the water were briny, it might stay liquid even in those frigid temperatures. (Salts are nature’s antifreeze.) ...