Like Earth, Mars has thick ice caps at both poles ... one mile but then changes to the signature of water. Esa said a lake 12 miles long likely existed about one mile beneath the southern Martian ...

The ripples suggest that the lake was free of ice at one point. Today, we know of Mars as a cold, dry desert, with patches of subterranean ice and ice caps at its poles. Billions of years ago ...

The other set, found nearby in the Amapari Marker Band of rock, suggests the presence of a lake with up to ... formed in ancient, ice-free lakes in Gale crater, Mars, Science Advances (2025).

The Earth's nodding, though relatively modest, influences the rhythm of our ice ages. Mars nods much more vigorously ... landing site—may have been a lake bed more than once as long-lost ...

The Zhurong findings add to the growing evidence of water existing on Mars. "To make ripples by waves, you need to have an ice-free lake. Now we're saying we have an ice-free ocean. And rather than ...

There is something that makes this body of water extremely unique, and it's that scientists say that Lake Salda is the only place on the planet which is analogous to the Jezero Crater on Mars.

Did you know that Mars has *iridescent* clouds? Spotted by the @MarsCuriosity rover, these unique clouds are made of carbon dioxide ice and are only observed at twilight. What this helps us learn ...

Why it's so special: These odd, fan-like features on the surface of Mars are geysers of gas and dust near the planet's south pole that are visible only in springtime on the Red Planet. This image ...

Despite the chilly temperatures, there could be liquid water underneath the surface ice ... lake, 20 kilometres across, hidden beneath the south pole. If there were once oceans on Mars, they ...

Today, we know of Mars as a cold, dry desert, with patches of subterranean ice and ice caps at its poles. Billions of years ago, however, liquid water flowed freely across the planet. And, while ...