NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has recorded signs of snowfall on the red planet.

The study is significant in the sense that it was the first time when water in the form of snow had been experienced falling to the ground on Mars.

Though, the experiments conducted by the Mars Phoenix Lander, depicts no indication to alien life, yet the studies tell about an active water cycle on Mars.

Jim Whiteway, the professor at Toronto's York University, said, "We found ice clouds and precipitation that were surprisingly Earth-like – certainly more so than expected."

NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander completed its mission in November after spending five months in the Martian Arctic.

Martian clouds are alike clouds seen in Earth's Arctic region in winter.

During day time, turbulence and convection makes the water vapors to lift, but with the drop of temperature at night, vapors form ice crystal clouds and hit the surface of the Mars as snow.