Our galaxy's most abundant type of planet could be rich in liquid water due to formative interactions between magma oceans ...

As more and more exoplanets are discovered throughout the galaxy, scientists find some that defy explanation—at least for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

A scientist from Utrecht University has observed how blocks of CO 2 ice “dug” meandering gullies on Mars. According to Earth scientist Dr. Lonneke Roelofs, test results showed how simulating a natural ...

What can craters on Mars teach scientists about the Red Planet’s climate history? This is what a recent study published in Geology hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated ice buildup ...

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