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.

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 ...

Europe's Mars Express spacecraft recently revealed a captivating sight on Mars, capturing the collision of massive sand dunes with layers of dusty ice at the planet's north pole—a phenomenon ...

One of the most exciting discoveries came at a location dubbed "Mount Washburn," where Perseverance encountered a variety of ...

This is the first time that NASA scientists have been able to study active sand dunes ... how much Mars looks like Earth. The highest peak in the background is known as Mount Sharp at five ...

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 ...

The Curiosity rover—on Mars since 2012—spotted these finger-like rocks on Mount Sharp with its Mastcam on May 15, 2022. They likely formed as groundwater trickled through rock in the ancient ...

Washington, NASA 's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) spacecraft has captured unusual circles of sand dunes on the Red Planet. The dunes were snapped by MRO's High Resolution Imaging Experiment ...