There are plenty of big differences between the third and fourth planets from the sun, but Earth and Mars do have plenty in common as well — polar ice caps among them. When the likes of Robert Peary ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it's telling us something about what the planet's ...

From these measurements, the researchers calculated how much energy Mars absorbed and emitted across its latitudes, from the equator to the poles. For comparison, the researchers also calculated ...

Recently released images show the frigid conditions of Mars' poles. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from Science Humanity's next destination could very well be Mars. But, unlike Earth ...

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Scientists have identified another possible commonality between Earth and Mars: a solid inner core. Scientists have ...

If true, this further supports the hypothesis that an ocean once covered a substantial portion of the northern pole of Mars. A body of water big enough to generate waves and tides also raises the ...

The color red and the planet Mars go together like Earth and its oceans or Saturn and its rings. However, our understanding of how the Red Planet got its signature hue might be wrong. A new ...

Mars was once wet, with rivers and lakes and even an ocean that existed on the Red Planet between about 4.1 and 3.7 billion years ago. That liquid water has now all gone, either frozen into polar ...