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2 lut 2022 · Billions of years ago, when life emerged on Earth, the climate of Mars could have been Earth-like as well, with a thicker atmosphere than today and oceans of liquid water. A study funded by NASA and international partners indicates this period could have lasted longer than originally thought.
3 dni temu · Scientists think that billions of years ago, the atmosphere of Mars was much denser and warm enough to form rivers, lakes, and perhaps even oceans of water. As the planet cooled and lost its global magnetic field, the solar wind and solar storms eroded away to space a significant amount of the planet’s atmosphere, turning Mars into the cold ...
1 dzień temu · NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has collected new data for a study of the Red Planet's past climate and carbon-rich minerals. ... The findings Curiosity beamed millions of miles back to Earth were not ...
9 gru 2013 · In a little more than a year on the Red Planet, the mobile Mars Science Laboratory has determined the age of a Martian rock, found evidence the planet could have sustained microbial life, taken the first readings of radiation on the surface, and shown how natural erosion could reveal the building blocks of life.
25 lip 2024 · Scientists have wondered if life could have arisen on early Mars when it possessed a dense atmosphere and flowing water. Martian rocks could hold important clues.
29 lip 2024 · Perseverance is part of Mars 2020, the first mission since Viking that is explicitly designed to seek life on Mars (officially, to “search for potential evidence of past life using observations...
The study presents solid evidence for a prediction made over a decade ago that could be key to understanding how organic molecules, the foundation of life, were first formed here on Earth.
