Tuesday 8 September 2015

Salt flat indicates some of the last vestiges of surface water on Mars

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Salt flat indicates some of the last vestiges of surface water on Mars
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 10, 2015 - Mars turned cold and dry long ago, but researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered evidence of an ancient lake that likely represents some of the last potentially habitable surface water ever to exist on the Red Planet. The study, published Thursday in the journal Geology, examined an 18-square-mile chloride salt deposit (roughly the size of the city of Boulder) in th ... more


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