As the sun grew hotter, so did Mars, prompting much of its atmospheric carbon dioxide to rain out and ultimately get locked ...

Mars may be a dry and arid planet today, but scientists know that Earth's neighbor was much wetter and much more like our planet in its ancient past.. These new findings from a team of researchers ...

Mars may be more like Earth than previously thought, despite having a thinner atmosphere and a dry, dusty surface.

New study reveals the icy, cold climate of Mars' past, with implications for life A new study finds that Martian soil was frigid and icy, making it less likely to support life as we know it ...

Algae grown under Mars-like conditions could make bioplastic building materials for structures to harbor life in space.

This cold is out of this world. New Hampshire’s Mount Washington felt more like Mars than planet Earth on Friday as wind chills dipped below an unfathomable minus 110 degrees, a new record for ...

NASA images reveal shallow ice beneath Mars’s surface, offering a promising water source for future astronauts and clues to ...

Detection of ferrihydrite in Martian red dust records ancient cold and wet conditions on Mars. Nature Communications. Published online February 25, 2025. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-56970-z.

This requires the viscosity of Mars's upper mantle to be 10 to 100 times greater than Earth's, indicating that the interior of the Red Planet is extremely cold. "Although the mantle underneath Mars's ...

Desert Research Institute. (2024, July 10). Mars likely had cold and icy past, new study finds. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 07 / 240710195336.htm ...