Martian Spiderweb Clues Point to Longer-Lived Subsurface Water
TL;DR
NASA’s Curiosity rover captures close-up views of boxwork rock formations on Mount Sharp, revealing groundwater moved through Martian bedrock to form mineralized ridges and nodules, suggesting water persisted beneath the surface longer and through multiple climate phases, which informs Mars’ past habitability.
- NASA Spots a Giant Spiderweb Structure on Mars, and It May Reveal How Long Water Lasted The Daily Galaxy
- Perseverance finds evidence for an ancient river delta on Mars Physics World
- Mars Was Once a World of Rain Universe Today
- Why the lack of water on Mars is so mysterious New Scientist
- New Research Reveals Ancient Mars May Have Been Warm, Wet – and Possibly Alive SciTechDaily
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