Water frost has been observed on Mars’ equator for the first time. In this region of the Red Planet, similar to the tropics, it was previously thought impossible for frost to exist. The discovery could be crucial for modeling where water exists on Mars and how it is exchanged between the Red Planet’s atmosphere and … Read more
Early Mars may have been more tectonically and volcanically active than previously thought. Evidence of tectonic activity some 4 billion years ago was provided by 63 new examples of several volcanoes found in a strange region of Mars with strange features that set it apart from the rest of the Martian highlands. A team of … Read more
A red planet, Mars, can be seen on the left. a white box surrounds an image of the surface of Mars, with an arrow from the box to the planet. another box, with an arrow pointing to the first box, shows a closer view of the surface of Mars. A team from the University of … Read more