Mars planners are increasingly treating ice not just as a resource to drink or split for rocket fuel, but as a structural material that could shape the first real neighborhoods on another world.

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's wish to follow the water on Mars just got a helping hand. Scientists have released a new ...

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Mars, the next frontier in space exploration, still poses many questions for scientists. The planet was once more hospitable, characterized by a warm and wet climate with liquid oceans. But today Mars ...

The north pole of Mars is slowly sinking under the weight of an ice cap that only formed within the past few million years. And, in the process, it’s telling us something about what the planet’s ...