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Ancient Mars Ocean Found?
astroengine writes "With the help of rover Curiosity, we now know that ancient Mars had large quantities of liquid water flowing across its surface. However, evidence for large bodies of water — i.e. seas/oceans — has been hard to come by. But using high-resolution orbital data, Caltech scientists now think they've found a long-dry river delta that once flowed into a very large body of water. Welcome to the Aeolis Riviera — the strongest evidence yet for a Martian coastline. "This is probably one of the most convincing pieces of evidence of a delta in an unconfined region — and a delta points to the existence of a large body of water in the northern hemisphere of Mars," said Roman DiBiase, Caltech postdoctoral scholar and lead author of the paper that was published (abstract) in the Journal of Geophysical Research."
Not all that flows is H2O. Not sure how they could determine the chemical composition of what formed these.
Yeah. But they also found blueberries. And blueberries need water.
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Global warming is going to destroy the Earth's magnetic field or geodynamo? Is there anything global warming *can't* do?
We escaped from Mars to earth for a simpler life after removing all evidences of technology, as we realized how it was destroying society.
Or at least that's what people WANT you to believe.
Xenu clearly used a death ray on the planet in an attempt to get rid of us once, turning it into a dust ball!
Long live Xenu! Earth is next!
Global warming is a lot like Jesus. True believers see them everywhere including things like toast, whereas normal people cannot.
If Mars used to be Class M, then sure it had roddenberries.
Its global CLIMATE CHANGE. And it leads to cooler winters. YOUR ICE CREAM HAS BEEN MADE. SIR