Cornell researchers are offering an explanation after mistakenly identifying what appeared to be water on Mars’ south pole.

Humanity's next destination could very well be Mars. But, unlike Earth, Mars is a harsh and unforgiving environment. Recently released images show the frigid conditions of Mars' poles. Follow Tech ...

In fact, it's carbon dioxide ice, and at Mars' south pole, there's 26-foot-thick (8-meter-thick) layer of it year-round. (These image was actually taken near the summer solstice, not the winter ...

In April, ESA's Mars Orbiter captured images of surface features around the planet's south pole that researchers said were ...

Image 2: This ultraviolet image near Mars’ South Pole was taken by MAVEN on July 10 2016 and shows the atmosphere and surface during southern spring. The ultraviolet colors of the planet have been ...

The left-hand panel shows the surface topography of Mars’s south pole, with the outline of the south polar cap in black. The light blue line shows the area used in the modelling experiments ...

Satellite data suggest there is a permanent lake, 20 kilometres across, hidden beneath the south pole. If there were once oceans on Mars, they would not have stuck around for long, leaving little ...

Recently, the probe sent back pictures of the "snowy landscape" in the Australe Scopuli region near Mars' south pole. And earlier this year, data from the orbiter helped scientists find layers of ...