Although most of the times far less spectacular in size and manifestation than the ones occurring on Earth, natural processes do take place on now-dead Mars. And one of the most common such processes ...

The presence and behavior of ice and water are key to understanding the evolution of Mars’ geology and climate, the potential for life on Mars, and the future of exploration. This enhanced-color image ...

AN ice sublimation or freeze-drying process will have maximum rate of vaporization per unit exposed area of frozen product at a specified temperature if the following conditions are satisfied : (i) ...

A quarter set in a block of dry ice rocks back and forth due to subliming carbon dioxide flowing past it. The sounds are great. Put on your safety goggles and gloves. Firmly push the room-temperature ...

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, 2022, the image reveals ...

Monica Grady receives funding from the STFC and is a Trustee of Lunar Mission One. After a decade-long journey through space, the Rosetta spacecraft has spent the past year less than 100km from the ...

The Open University provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. When Guiseppe Piazzi reported his observations of a minor planet in 1801, he originally thought it might be a comet.