Why it's so special: This week, researchers at the University of Arizona (UA) shared one of the most beautiful images of dunes on the surface of Mars ever taken. The team snapped the image using ...

On the Red Planet's northern hemisphere, there are frozen sand dunes that look just like kidney beans-but you definitely can't eat these! NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) captured images of ...

An innovative technique for measuring the force acting on individual grains of sand could help scientists uncover how winds have shaped the surface of Mars. The method, developed by researchers at the ...

The Martian north polar region is a strange and fascinating place, even by the standards of its strange and fascinating planet. There, the dust that coats the surface of Mars mixes with water ice.

A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them can help us determine if there was ever enough water on Mars to sustain ...

This view from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover shows the downwind side of “Namib Dune,” which stands about 13 feet (4 meters) high. The site is part of Bagnold Dunes, a band of dark sand dunes along the ...

Trio of 'black mesas' leftover from Paleozoic era spawn rare sand dunes in the Sahara Sea of Saharan 'star dunes' clashes with otherworldly terrain where 2 countries meet Soar through a ...

A new technique estimates forces on individual sand grains, offering scientists a novel way to study how Martian winds shaped the Red Planet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...