Rocks show Mars once felt like Iceland
E-Mail IMAGE: A river-fed sedimentary plain in Iceland bears resemblance to what might have fed Mars' Gale Crater more than 3 billion years ago. Researchers at Rice University studied rover data on... view more Credit: Photo by Michael Thorpe HOUSTON - (Jan. 20, 2021) - Once upon a time, seasons in Gale Crater probably felt something like those in Iceland. But nobody was there to bundle up more than 3 billion years ago. The ancient Martian crater is the focus of a study by Rice University scientists comparing data from the Curiosity rover to places on Earth where similar geologic...
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