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However, a recent study by an international team has suggested that the fourth planet of the solar system from the Sun might have retained more water for a longer period than previously thought..
As the Curiosity roverof the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has begun exploring a new region of Mars i.e Gediz Vallis channelappears to have been carved by an ancient riverit could reveal more about when liquid water disappeared once and for all from the Red Planets surface...
The rovers journey through this region aims to find out the process of the Gediz Vallis channel formationwhether the debris flows (rapid, wet landslides) or a river carrying rocks and sediment could have formed the bedrock..
The study of layers in the lower part of Mount Sharp formed over millions of years may provide scientists a clue as to how the presence of both water and the chemical ingredients required for life changed over time..
It would mean that fairly late in the story of Mount Sharp after a long dry period water came back, and in a big way," said Curiositys project scientist, Ashwin Vasavada of NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California..
