Two new papers have provided a giant map outlining all the places we've discovered ancient trace of water on Mars.
Scientists have long believed that the now dusty Red Planet was once home to rivers, lakes, and other assorted bodies of water. But proving the existence of that water and what happened to it has always been difficult. Data collected over the past decade has allowed scientists to create a map of ancient water traces, confirming Mars was once covered in water.Mars is an intriguing planet.
However, with the data that NASA and the ESA have gathered from the Curiosity Rover, and now even Perseverance—as well as other spacecraft based around studying the Martian surface—we know that water was once quite abundant on the Red Planet.
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