Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward

Mars’ polar ice cap is slowly pushing its north pole inward

That, plus data from the InSight lander, give us a new view into Mars’ interior.

Mars's northern ice cap is surprisingly young, planetary scientists find

If you've ever looked at Mars through a telescope, you probably noticed its two polar ice caps. The northern one is made largely of water ice—the most obvious sign that Mars was once a wetter, warmer world. A team of researchers from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) used that ice cap to make surprising discoveries about it and what it tells us about Mars's interior. The research is published in the journal Nature.

If you've ever looked at Mars through a telescope, you've probably noticed its two polar ice caps. The north is largely water ice – the most obvious sign that Mars was once a wetter and warmer world. A team of researchers from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) has [...]

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On Mars, known as the red planet, were there once oceans? Scientists' findings may surprise many.

The purpose is to detect microbial fossils in sulfate deposits. The mass spectrometer has been tested in a situation similar to that which could occur on the red planet.