Thin, seasonal ice may have protected ancient lakes on Mars, allowing liquid water to last for decades despite cold ...
Ancient Mars is starting to look less like a scattered patchwork of dried-up valleys and more like a planet once ruled by continent-scale rivers. For the first time, scientists have traced giant ...
Mars is no longer just a blank red canvas for planetary scientists. A new generation of high resolution maps is turning the ...
New research has mapped 16 extensive, interlaced river systems on Mars, dating back approximately 3.7 billion years to the Early Hesperian Period. These large river systems, despite covering only ...