PASADENA, Calif.–The current mean temperature on the equator of Mars is a blustery 69 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. Scientists have long thought that the Red Planet was once temperate enough for ...

Curiosity's view of the Martian landscape on May 12, 2025. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) NASA's Curiosity Rover has been roaming the Red Planet since 2012, taking thousands of pictures, drilling small holes in ...

Water frost has been spotted at the equator of Mars for the first time. In this region of the Red Planet, equivalent to its tropics, it was previously believed that it would be impossible for frost to ...

Mars has an atmosphere; therefore it must have weather. Starting with this thesis—as thin as the Martian atmosphere itself—Seymour L. Hess of Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Ariz, set out to chart ...

An early morning frost has been discovered for the first time atop the tallest volcanoes in the solar system, found near Mars' equator, changing what planetary scientists thought they knew about Mars' ...

In a landmark study published in theJournal of Geophysical Research: Planets, researchers have uncovered the first complete picture of nighttime clouds on Mars, thanks to data from the Emirates Mars ...

The newfound honeycomb fractures are the "most compelling evidence to date" that Mars was tilted more extremely than it is today. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A colossal slab of ice may be hiding at Mars’s equator. The composition of this deposit, called the Medusae Fossae Formation, has long been debated, but new data indicates that it contains enough ...

"Its existence here is exciting, and hints that there are exceptional processes at play that are allowing frost to form." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...