Mars has fascinated scientists for decades, particularly its intriguing gullies etched into the sandy dunes of theRed Planet.

On a day like any other, astronomers peered into the depths of space and found something utterly perplexing on the Martian ...

New research reveals Mars’ mysterious gullies were carved by burrowing CO₂ ice blocks, not water, reshaping its story.

The first image of the Keyhole structure was acquired by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) HiRISE spacecraft in November with its smaller context camera (CTX). The image P14_006672_1836_XN_03N267W ...

Blocks of carbon dioxide ice appear to carve mysterious gullies on Mars as they melt down dune slopes and blast away sand.

Blocks of frozen carbon dioxide sliding down Martian dunes may have carved the planet’s strange gullies, mimicking the work ...

Now, as detailed in a new paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, Utrecht University Earth scientist ...

The research described in this paper gives proof of the assumption, previously made by other researchers, that blocks of CO2 ...

CO₂ ice blocks on Mars may dig gullies as they slide and sublimate in the thin atmosphere. In lab experiments, scientists ...

Ancient explosive volcanic eruptions on Mars could help explain mysterious hints of buried ice from the Red Planet's equator, ...

For years, scientists staring at Mars through the eyes of orbiting spacecraft noticed something strange: a mysterious signal in the light spectrum that didn’t match any known mineral. That puzzling ...

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