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Frost (colored blue) coats the top of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in our solar system. This image was shot by ESA’s Mars Express orbiter at 7:20 A.M. local martian time. The mountain’s right side is illuminated by the rising Sun in the east. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin.

Ephemeral morning frost discovered atop Mars’ tallest volcanoes

Martian 'spiders' imaged by the ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter. Credit: ESA/TGO/CaSSIS

Science, Solar System

The science behind the ‘spiders’ on Mars and the Inca City

NASA's Ingenuity helicopter unlocked its rotor blades, allowing them to spin freely, on April 7, 2021. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

NASA bids farewell to the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter with new photos

Alien Life, Solar System

Scientists discover an ancient volcano near the martian equator

The sandy red orb of Mars is shown against a black background. Numerous dark regions are scattered across its surface, and the bright, white northern polar ice cap is visible at the top of the image.

Science, Solar System

Where did Mars’ water go? This Week in Astronomy with Dave Eicher

Barchan dunes on Mars

How the shapes of martian sand dunes reveal the planet’s winds

Mars is a dynamic world that continues to intrigue us. This image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, shows the planet wreathed in late-afternoon clouds.

Robotic Spaceflight

Experience Mars in 3D

Science, Solar System

Mars: Size, distance from the Sun, orbit

Viking 1 images sunset on Mars

Alien Life, Solar System

The great martian debate: Did we find life on Mars?

Human Spaceflight

Will humans ever go to Mars?

Space Exploration

Lava tubes: Nature’s shelters for cosmic colonization

Robotic Spaceflight

Sojourner: NASA’s first Mars rover