Chinese scientists found new evidence that Mars had an ocean in the pastaccording to an article published in Nature magazine on Thursday (7).
Among the evidence found by the Chinese rover Zhurong is a possible coastlinerevealed from .
The hypothesis of the existence of a Martian ocean in the northern lowlands remains an intriguing open question about the early stages of the planet’s evolution..
For researchers, the Existence of the ocean may have significantly influenced the climate and atmosphere of early Mars and left geological records of its presence
“The thick black line indicates a possible coastline in the region”, indicates the study on the image above.
Zhurong touched down on a large plain in Mars’ northern hemisphere called Utopia Planitia on May 15, 2021 – where the Viking 2 lander touched down in 1976.
Soon after, in June, China released unprecedented images of Mars taken by the rover ().
And, in May 2022, the.
Changing planet
Mars was once hot and humid billions of years ago, but something changed and caused the planet to become the arid, frozen desert it is today.
The red planet entered this period during what is called the Amazonian epoch, which began about 3 billion years ago and is still ongoing.
*With information from CNN International
