Though most of the region surrounding the rock is light-colored and dusty, Skull Hill is dark, angular, and covered in tiny ...

NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars shows 'Skull Hill,' a dark-toned float rock on the Martian surface. Scientists are unsure ...

More than 1,000 observations taken by the high resolution camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed details on the surface as small as a desk. A number of dramatic icy dunes are ...

Mars attracts attention in an odd way. This time, it has to do with a skull-shaped rock rather than cold poles or old rivers.

The dunes in the image are coated with a layer of carbon dioxide frost, but only during the winter in Mars's northern hemisphere. Interestingly, Martian dunes move like their Earthly counterparts ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Sand dunes are not uncommon on the surface of Mars. However, during observations to see ...

Mars is much further from the sun ... This is the first time that NASA scientists have been able to study active sand dunes on another planet. The patterns reveal a familiar looking wind-swept ...

Scientists suggest the findings indicate Mars once had a denser atmosphere, which allowed liquid water to exist longer than previously believed. This disco... Unlike the dunes on Earth which are ...

And NASA scientists are incredibly excited because it's the first time anyone has had the chance to study active sand dunes beyond Earth. One of the first things they want to explore is the "grain ...

Only six people in the world have the privilege of naming surface features on Mars – and Daniela Tirsch is one of them. Now a planetary geologist at the DLR Institute of Planetary Research, she never ...