A "patchwork of well-preserved ancient mud cracks" on the Martian surface hints that past extraterrestrial life on Mars was possible, a new study reveals. In 2021, NASA's Curiosity rover snapped ...

China’s Mars rover has uncovered underground polygon structures buried beneath the Red Planet’s surface — and it looks like they’re related to Mars’ long-lost water, too. Even more intriguingly, the ...

[Above] Mars: Summertime view of polygons, highlighted by dark, windblown sand, on the floor of a crater at 71.2°S, 282.6°W. [Above] Earth: Polygonal cracking can be seen on the floor of Alatna Valley ...

It's springtime on Mars and the mysterious polygons are in bloom, a new image from the orbiting High Resolution Imaging Experiment (HIRISE) camera shows. Recorded on March 30, the image reveals a ...

An image from China's Zhurong rover shows spacecraft hardware in the foreground and Martian terrain in the background. Credit: CNSA An image from China's Zhurong rover shows spacecraft hardware in the ...

Images of the mysterious "polygons" were snapped by the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on board NASA's the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter on March 30. The patchwork of white ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — On Pluto, icebergs floating in a sea of nitrogen ice are key to a possible explanation of the quilted appearance of the Sputnik Planum region of the dwarf planet's surface. Data ...