Alberto Fair?n, an astrobiologist who works for both the SETI Institute (the group using radio telescopes to listen for extraterrestrial life) and NASA’s Ames research center, along with colleagues, has published a paper in the journal Nature Geoscience, in which they describe ancient Mars as cold and wet with a large northern hemispheric ocean whose edges were lined with glaciers.
The Martian paleo-climate story seems to change by the week. The only way to really know for sure, would be to send humans there. To read the rest of the article, click here.
©
2024 - 2020
Internet Science Education Project