Warm or cold? Mars' history takes a watery new twist
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Apr 02, 2015 - A new, six-year analysis of water on Mars suggests that the Red Planet has lost the equivalent of an ocean's worth of water over the past four billion years. However, the question of whether Mars was ever warm enough to have hosted such an ocean has sparked debate. The research, conducted using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile, and supported by the WM ... more

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