Science news articles about 'martian north pole'

ESA’s Mars Express orbiter imaged the snow-laden region of Rupes Tenuis on the martian north pole on 29 July 2008.

ESA’s Mars Express orbiter imaged the snow-laden region of Rupes Tenuis on the martian north pole on 29 July 2008.

A peek under the Martian north pole reveals a thick ice cap.

... that threatens the $420 million quest to find the chemical ingredients for life near the Martian north pole ...

... earlier this week. Scientists say the chemical test confirms the presence of ice near the Martian north pole ...

... Mars mission again. The three-legged spacecraft has been digging trenches near the Martian north pole since landing on May 25 and its work ...

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The Phoenix spacecraft seeking microbial life near the Martian North Pole shows no signs of life itself and may be frozen, the U.S. space agency said Thursday.

NASA says there's no word from the Phoenix lander that is presumed to be frozen near the Martian north pole.

For 40 years researchers have puzzled over a strange pattern of ice spirals and chasms around the Martian north pole. New data from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter solves the mystery.

... might not be a dead rock after all. The study came about after the Phoenix lander found perchlorate in the soil at the Martian north pole, where scientists had expected to find ...

The dark basalt sand dunes were long thought to be stagnant formations, but NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has revealed that they are among the most active landscapes on the planet.

... completed a subsurface sounding campaign over the planet's North Pole. The campaign was interrupted by the suspension of science ... ) system. As MARSIS best observes in the dark, which for the North Pole only occurs every few years ...