A NASA satellite has spotted frozen "kidney beans" on Mars' sand dunes trapped in place until springtime. Photographing them ...

Formations that look like jumbo-sized kidney beans (or blobs of chocolate syrup, depending on your palette) may be indicators ...

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Unlike the dunes on Earth which are constantly in motion, the kidney bean-shaped dunes on Mars appear surprisingly motionless ...

However, in contrast to our planet's constantly changing dunes, Mars appears motionless in the image. That's because the dunes are coated in a carbon dioxide frost. Scientists recently discovered ...

These Martian "kidney beans" aren't safe to eat: they're actually frozen sand dunes in Mars' northern hemisphere. A recently released photo by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows a top ...

They may resemble kidney beans, but formations on the northern hemisphere of Mars are actually sand dunes covered in carbon dioxide frost How cold winters are on Mars depends on the tilt of its axis.

And speaking of hidden water, weird bean-shaped blobs on Mars might offer new clues in our search for life on Mars. NASA satellites have spotted what appears to be a field of giant kidney beans on ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Frozen sand dunes sit locked in place in Mars' northern hemisphere, stuck until the spring ...

By imaging the dunes, scientists can figure out how much CO2 frost forms on the dunes during the Martian winter. When ...