Mars’s Glacial Spiders Prove the Planet Is Alive—Geologically Speaking
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The piece argues the real intrigue on Mars isn’t whether life exists but the planet’s geologic activity, focusing on mid-latitude glaciers and the southern-polar araneiform “spiders” whose CO2-driven geysers show Mars remains dynamically alive on a geologic timescale even without life.
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