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Ice Sculptures Fill The Deepest Parts of Mars

[/caption] One of the "weirdest and least understood" areas of Mars, the enormous Hellas Impact Basin contains strange flowing landforms…

13 years ago

Antarctica Gives NASA Satellite The Ol’ Frazil Dazzle

[/caption] Ghostly green tendrils drift out into Mackenzie Bay off the coast of eastern Antarctica in this image, acquired by…

13 years ago

Europa’s Hidden Great Lakes May Harbor Life

[/caption] New research on Jupiter's ice-covered moon Europa indicates the presence of a subsurface lake buried beneath frozen mounds of…

13 years ago

From the Land of Ice and Snow

[/caption] Views from the window of NASA's DC-8 reveal sweeping expanses of ice and rock as part of the ongoing 2011…

13 years ago

What is an Avalanche?

Have you ever noticed how the snow packs on a car windshield after a heavy snowfall? While the temperature is…

14 years ago

Ice Caves Possible on Mars

[/caption] New results published in the journal Icarus suggest that caves on Mars may provide future astronauts with more than…

14 years ago