We thought Mars lost its liquid water about 3 billion years ago, but an analysis of rocks by China’s Zhurong rover suggests the planet was wet more recently
Mars may have had liquid water hundreds of millions of years more recently than we thought, according to data gathered by China’s Zhurong rover., it was generally thought that the planet was wet until only about 3 billion years ago, which is when a period of its history known as the Amazonian began and which continues today.
at the National Space Science Center in Beijing, China, and his colleagues used the rover’s spectrometers to analyse rocks on the surface of the crater and found minerals containing water.“The discovery of hydrated minerals has significant implications on the geological history of the region and the climate evolution of Mars,” says Liu.
The evidence suggests to Liu and his colleagues that there may have been liquid water well into the late Amazonian, says Liu – although the team weren’t able to say exactly how recently it was present.
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Water may have been on Mars much more recently than scientists thought, China's rover suggestsAndrew is a freelance space journalist with a focus on reporting on China's rapidly growing space sector. He began writing for Space.com in 2019 and writes for SpaceNews, IEEE Spectrum, National Geographic, Sky & Telescope, New Scientist and others. Andrew first caught the space bug when, as a youngster, he saw Voyager images of other worlds in our solar system for the first time. Away from space, Andrew enjoys trail running in the forests of Finland. You can follow him on Twitter AJ_FI.
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