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Mars Once Had Rain and Snow? New Clues Rewrite the Red Planet’s History

Jan Otte

Today Mars is a frozen desert devoid of flowing water and with a rusty surface scuffed by dust storms. But billions of years ago, the Red Planet might have been a planet of rushing rivers, glittering lakes, even rain or snow falling from alien heavens. Suggesting Mars was far wetter and maybe warmer than previously ...