Scientists confirm the existence of liquid water on Mars, altering our understanding of the Red Planet. Evidence of wave ...

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The signs of wave ripples in the sandy shores of ancient lake beds, created as wind pushed water back and forth have been ...

The car-sized Curiosity rover has spotted evidence of once quite hospitable environs on Mars.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover has been exploring Mars since 2012 and, more recently has found evidence of ice-free ancient ponds and ...

Whether Mars ever had liquid water has long been a subject of debate among scientists, and a study published recently offers compelling evidence. Researchers evaluating data collected by NASA’s ...

Now, NASA’s Curiosity rover has identified two sets of ancient wave ripples on Mars, suggesting the presence of standing bodies of liquid water billions of years ago. Curiosity discovered the ...

The latest research has explored evidence from this distant chapter of Mars’ past, revealing ancient sources of water in the Gale crater region that evaporated and left behind wave ripples.

Ripples are one of the clearest indicators of an ancient standing body of water that can be provided by the geologic record. The team estimates that the ripples formed around 3.7 billion years ago ...