The evidence researchers just discovered suggests that according to the data released, Mars was once home to the Red Planet’s oceans and beaches. This is far from the drought, frozen and radiation-filled conditions of modern Mars.
Scientists found evidence of buried beaches after analyzing underground imaging data from Zhurong Rover in China. Data from the Northern Lowlands of Mars are very similar to those found by researchers when they use similar ground-penetrating radars on Earth, . They found that the underground material tilted and tilted to the lowlands, which could be the ocean.
“Usually, radar even surfaces on subtle changes in sediment size, which could be what’s happening here,” said Dr. Benjamin Cardenas, a co-author of the Penn State study. “It tells You have to have tides, you have to have waves, you have to have a nearby river to supply sediment, and all of this stuff has to be active for a long time.”
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Scientists have long debated whether Mars has oceans, and this discovery certainly means that Earth was once home to huge waters. Previous discoveries suggest that it has ever been and. There is evidence of liquid water today.
“The beach is the interface between shallow water, air and land. It is these environments that think first of all that I think lives on Earth, and I think it will be a great place to send follow-up missions, looking for signs of past lives,” Cardenas said.
