Super fast-falling snowstorms may rage on Mars at night
Fast-falling snowstorms may rage at night in certain regions of Mars. The phenomenon hasn’t been seen directly, but a group of researchers believe such storms are happening based on new computer models of the Martian atmosphere. These models suggest that it gets cold enough at night for ice particles to fall rapidly from thin clouds in the sky — possibly sprinkling certain parts of the Martian surface in snow.
The idea that snow falls on Mars isn’t a new concept. NASA’s Phoenix lander, which touched down on the Martian surface in 2008, was the first to measure snow particles falling from clouds above the planet. But at the time, scientists thought that this snow fell incredibly slowly, taking several hours to descend just one mile. But...