New research reveals ancient ripples on Mars, providing compelling evidence of long-lost lakes that once existed 3.7 billion ...
The signs of wave ripples in the sandy shores of ancient lake beds, created as wind pushed water back and forth have been found on Mars providing evidence that there were open bodies of water ...
Researchers have discovered two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars, signatures of long-dried bodies of water preserved in ...
NASA’s Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012 and, more recently has found evidence of ice-free ancient ponds and ...
The findings were written up in a study published in Science Advances, which estimates that the ripples were formed by liquid water acted upon by winds, likely around 3.7 billion years ago.