The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter captured this view of Mars’ south polar ice cap Feb. 25, 2015. Three years later, the spacecraft detected a signal from the area to the right of the ...
This image, combining data from two instruments aboard NASA's Mars Global Surveyor, depicts an orbital view of the north polar region of Mars. The ice-rich polar cap (the quasi-circular white area at ...
Mars has never looked more like a world in transition, with ice emerging as the quiet architect of its past and a crucial resource for its future. A new wave of NASA data is sharpening the picture of ...