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By 3.6 billion years ago, Mars should have become too cold for liquid water, but something kept the rivers flowing.

The atmosphere is constantly changing. Its composition has varied regularly over the course of the planet's climatic epochs, ...

New research describes how sheets of carbon dioxide ice protected rivers of water flowing into a lake the size of the Mediterranean Sea on ancient Mars.

Under these conditions, the carbon dioxide gas escapes the regolith into the atmosphere. When it reaches the frigid poles, it deposits atop the water ice cap. Conversely, when Mars is tilted ...

Mars has long been a prime target when it comes to human exploration, and the secrets concealed by Martian ice just make the ...

Among the most rapidly changing parts of our planet are the coldest landscapes near the top of the globe, just south of the ...

Authorities are warning of accidental carbon dioxide poisoning from dry ice used to keep coffins cool at funerals and urge mourners not to lean their heads into them while saying goodbye to ...

Scientists project that 2024 will be the hottest year on record, with an unprecedented rate of warming undeniably tied to ...