Researchers simulated Martian permafrost and ice cap conditions in a laboratory, exposing *Escherichia coli* samples in pure water ice and water-sediment mixtures to cosmic radiation equivalent to 50 ...

Recent discoveries have unearthed clear evidence of liquid water on Mars, dating back to 4 billion years ago. This revelation ...

Mars has two permanent polar ice caps of water ice and some dry ice, and a few patches of ice both on and under the surface.

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a massive ice deposit on Mars in a region previously thought to be ...

The equatorial regions of Mars are home to unexpectedly enormous layers of ice, and they may have been put there by dramatic ...

New study shows Mars went through shrinking ice ages, revealing how it lost water and where future missions might find what's left.

Massive volcanic eruptions billions of years ago may have made it snow on Mars, leaving thick buried ice near the planet’s equator.

Mars’ north polar vortex locks its atmosphere in extreme cold and darkness, freezing out water vapor and triggering a ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Frozen in time, ancient microbes or their remains could be found in Martian ice deposits during future missions to the Red Planet. By recreating Mars-like conditions in the lab, ...

November's Sky Above episode features a supermoon, meteor shower, and interstellar comet, with experts discussing these ...

We take a look at what the discovery of liquid water under Mars’ surface could mean, we discover how space affects the human body, and Aussie astronomers discover the fastest-growing black hole. (Scie ...