Perseverance Finds Ancient Mars Warmer and Wetter Than Thought
TL;DR
New findings from NASA’s Perseverance in Jezero Crater suggest Mars during the Noachian epoch (about 4.1–3.7 billion years ago) was warmer and wetter than previously believed, with evidence of persistent rainfall indicated by kaolinite-rich clays and weathered rocks, challenging the cold, icy Mars theory and implying habitable conditions in the distant past.
- Mars as a Tropical Haven? Rocks Discovered by Perseverance Prove It Was Once Warm and Wet The Daily Galaxy
- Early Mars was warm and wet not icy, suggests latest research The Conversation
- 🌧️ Millions of years of continuous rain on the planet Mars Techno-Science.net
- At last, NASA found what it was looking for beneath Mars’ surface MSN
- Beach on Mars found. Jezero once held a lake. Holistic News
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