This oasis in Death Valley National Park in California has historically been a place for travelers to rest and refuel before ...

The possibility that ancient Mars had an ocean has long since been explored. As early as the 1970s, spacecraft captured ...

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

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

Greece has about 6000 islands, 230 of which are inhabited. Here is a map explaining all of the Greek island groups.

When you are scheduled to participate in Science Operations for the rover's weekend plan, you know it's going to be a busy ...

What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently awarded NASA grant hopes to address as a PhD student at Texas A&M University ...

They may resemble kidney beans, but formations on the northern hemisphere of Mars are actually sand dunes covered in carbon dioxide frost How cold winters are on Mars depends on the tilt of its axis.

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 ...

The kidney bean-shaped sand dunes spotted on Mars. NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) has clicked a stunning picture of the Red Planet's surface showing frozen sand dunes in the northern ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured images of kidney bean-shaped frozen sand dunes in Mars' northern hemisphere, revealing layers of carbon dioxide frost. These formations provide ...

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured images of frozen sand dunes in Mars' northern hemisphere, revealing unique formations halted by carbon dioxide frost during winter. Unlike Earth's ...