The south polar region of Mars When it was shared: Jan. 29, 2025 Why it's so special: These odd, fan-like features on the ...

Gravity will be a challenge — scientists are worried that Mars lacks the "pull" to keep whatever atmosphere is created. Thawing the Pole The Martian South pole has a coating of dry ice (which is ...

Formations that look like jumbo-sized kidney beans (or blobs of chocolate syrup, depending on your palette) may be indicators ...

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

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, ...

The North Pole was above freezing on Sunday after an extreme winter warming event caused temperatures to climb more than 36 F ...

The North Pole platform, serving the North Pole-41 scientific expedition, has been drifting in ice for nine months ST. PETERSBURG, July 13. /TASS/. The crew rotation on the world's first self ...

At first glance, Mars appears very different from Earth ... North Pole Our first stop, the North Pole. This ice cap is bigger than Texas, and is mostly covered in water ice and solid carbon ...

It is 84° north, longitude 160°, 400 miles from the North Pole (90° north, longitude 00°). is variously known as the Ice Pole, or the Inaccessible Pole or the Pole of Relative Inaccessibility.

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 ... carbon dioxide ice accumulates near the surface.