The second type of snow found on the Red Planet’s surface is dry ice. This carbon dioxide-based ice can land on the surface, and NASA says that winter on Mars tends to see at least a few feet of ...

Unlike the dunes on Earth which are constantly in motion, the kidney bean-shaped dunes on Mars appear surprisingly motionless ...

as both dry ice (composed of carbon dioxide) and regular ice (made of water) become much weaker and begin to break. Since we are not able to witness this first-hand on Mars, scientists rely on ...

Mars sees temperatures drop to as low as -190 degrees Fahrenheit (-123 degrees Celsius). The snow there is basically water ice and carbon dioxide, also known as dry ice. Water ice turns to gas ...

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 ...

As we creep ever closer to December 25th, there are plenty of people in the United States and abroad that are hoping there’s at least a light dusting of snow on the ground for the biggest gift ...

The Curiosity rover discovered evidence for long-lived ancient lakes in 2014, and now 10 years later Curiosity has discovered ancient lakes that were free of ice, offering an important insight into ...