Did Mars have lakes and rivers during a single period or over separate periods? This is what a recent study published in Nature Geoscience hopes to address as an international team of researchers ...
Today (Jan. 7), NASA's top brass will hold an audio-only press conference to update the public on its Mars sample return program. The media briefing will begin at 1:00 p.m. EST (1800 GMT), and you ...
Previous missions “discovered ripples formed by water flowing across the surface of ancient Mars, but it was uncertain if that water ever pooled to form lakes or shallow seas,” Grotzinger ...
The other set, found nearby in the Amapari Marker Band of rock, suggests the presence of a lake with up to 2 meters of water, slightly later in Mars's history than the Prow. The two sets of ...
The area containing the clay-bearing mounds is geologically connected to Oxia Planum, which is where Rosalind Franklin will be headed when it launches in 2028 in search of past life on Mars. It now ...