“I did not know that there is water on Mars!” This a sentence I hear surprisingly often when I talk about glaciers on Mars. In fact, it has been known for some time that water exists in the form of ice and water vapour on the planet. For example, water ice layers several kilometres thick cover the Martian poles, and the ground close to the Polar Regions has permafrost patterns very similar to what ...[Read More]
Glaciers on Mars
Image from the High Resolution Stereo Camera shows that the glaciers are covered by a layer of dust (Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin).