Present-day Mars is a barren and inhospitable planet, but it may have once had ... it was in the interaction between oceans and land, so this is painting a picture of ancient habitable ...

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“When we look back at where the earliest life on Earth developed, it was in the interaction between oceans and land, so this is painting ... Blue Planet. “We tend to think about Mars as ...

Mars may once have held enough water to fill oceans and form coastlines. The planet’s red dust contains water and likely formed in cold conditions.

Multiple spacecraft have captured observations that suggest much of Mars’ water escaped to space as the planet’s atmosphere ... so this is painting a picture of ancient habitable environments ...