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 ...

As Timmer explains, scientists believe that Martian polar ice began forming around 10 million years ago, and that its buildup is gradually pushing the planet’s North Pole lower and lower.

The result? It appears that the surface under the Martian north pole has not had nearly enough time to fully deform under the weight of the ice. Broquet's group estimates that Mars's north pole ...

Instead, they found the next best option: a rock formation known as shatter cones, in an area of the Pilbara region called the North Pole Dome ... evidence of bygone Martian life in the Red ...

The Moon moves into Pisces this morning and passes 1.6° north of Neptune at 4 A.M. EST ... Syrtis Major is prominent on the martian disk as darkness falls across the Midwest tonight, rotating ...

The result? It appears that the surface under the Martian north pole has not had nearly enough time to fully deform under the weight of the ice. Broquet’s group estimates that Mars’s north ...

Around seven minutes later, the ESA/JAXA spacecraft flew over the tiny planet's north pole. — Robert Lea Wednesday ... hanging in the hazy Martian sky. Perseverance sent this image back to ...