Boiling water on Mars may create channels on the red planet
 

Boiling water on Mars may create channels on the red planet
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Much of what we k**w about Mars we have learned from looking at its complicated, sometimes confusing surface features

In 1813, astro**mer Ho**re Flaugergues suggested that Mars was warmer than Earth because he observed the red planet’s polar ice caps melting in the summer months.*

Later that century, some scientists using Earth-based telescopes championed the idea that darkly colored channels on Mars were canals potentially built by intelligent life

SEE ALSO: NASA says liquid water may flow on Mars. What does it mean for life?


Today, we k**w that those “canals” are natural features crafted by geology on Mars, and the red planet is both far colder and far drier than Earth. Such insights have come from Earth-bound experiments and observations from spacecraft on Mars Read more...


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