How Ancient Martian Rocks May Have Helped Water Flow On Its Surface
A new hypothesis from SETI Institute scientist Dr. Janice Bishop and Dr. Melissa Lane from Fibernetics in Pennsylvania could explain how early Mars may have had water on its surface, similar to Earth, even though today its atmosphere is too thin to support liquid water. Bishop and Lane suggest underground water could have formed clays and carbonates billions of years ago – either through subsurface reactions with rocks or precipitation from saturated pore waters. Later, salty, acidic water at t…
