New evidence suggests Mars once had ‘vacation-style beaches’
The evidence comes from data collected by China’s Zhurong Mars rover, which landed in the Utopia Planitia region of Mars in 2021. Unlike other rovers traversing the planet, Zhurong arrived with high- and low-frequency radar systems that allow it to conduct ground-penetrating scans of the Martian subsurface.
Mars had ocean, ‘vacation-style’ beaches: Study
The “Mars ocean theory” has long been the topic of discussion among scientists and cartographers due to Mars’s geography, which suggests a large northern ocean once existed on its surface. Martian oceans would have covered one-third of the planet’s surface, according to the study’s authors.
The Red Planet, as it’s often called, has a distinct hue, and a new theory about this coloration could have implications for ...
A study suggests Mars takes its red hue from a type of mineral that forms in cool water, which could reveal insights about ...
Martian dust is mostly rust. Mars’s famed color has captivated humankind for centuries, earning its nickname of the ‘Red ...
Scientists have used orbiters and rovers to find dried streams, lakes, and gullies on Mars that hint at its watery past, but ...
New research shows that the red dust on Mars contains ferrihydrite, a water-rich iron oxide. It's evidence that the planet ...
Earth may now be home to the most glorious beaches in the solar system , but 3 billion years ago, it may have been Mars that ...
The first life on Earth formed four billion years ago, as microbes living in pools and seas: what if the same thing happened ...
Bruno Mars’ “Just the Way You Are” returns to the U.K. charts, debuting at No. 100 on the Official Streaming chart while his ...
Mars may once have held enough water to fill oceans and form coastlines. The planet’s red dust contains water and likely formed in cold conditions.
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