Decoding how sand grains move and accumulate on Earth can also help scientists understand dune formation on Mars.

Mars’ sand can walk on water. During summers on Mars, the combination of warm temperatures, deposits of ice and the planet’s thin atmosphere could be causing sand to levitate.

Mars also isn’t a friendly environment for ... But a closer study of the streaks revealed that they behave just like dry grains of sand on active dunes, all settling at the same “angle of ...

On the Red Planet's northern hemisphere, there are frozen sand dunes that look just like kidney beans-but you definitely ...

The sandy landscape of Mars is home to plenty of severe weather, including the odd dust storm so large that it can be observed by telescopes on Earth. But its day-to-day weather remains something ...

Planetary scientists have captured an image of near-perfectly circular sand dunes on the surface of Mars. While sand dunes across the Red Planet come in a wealth of shapes and sizes, such well ...

A high-resolution camera mounted on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped pictures of unusual, almost perfectly circular sand dunes on the Red Planet's surface. When you purchase through ...

The Mars Curiosity rover is gearing up to boogie on the beach as NASA sends it on a new mission to study the Red Planet's fascinating sand dunes. Amanda Kooser Freelance writer Amanda C.

The images, captured by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), show small, erosion-carved cracks in Red Planet sand dunes. The features may be infant versions of the similar-looking but ...

Martian dunes migrate as the wind blows away grains of sand from one side of a dune and builds upon another. However, in contrast to our planet's constantly changing dunes, Mars appears motionless ...

Mars’ sand can walk on water. During summers on Mars, the combination of warm temperatures, deposits of ice and the planet’s thin atmosphere could be causing sand to levitate. Mars can get as ...