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A new study has provided new insights into Mars' ancient climate, suggesting it may have been colder and icier than previously thought...
The research, which compared soil samples from Mars' Gale Crater to those found in subarctic regions on Earth, challenges the long-held notion that Mars was once warm and wet...
The new study, led by soil scientist and geomorphologist Anthony Feldman, now at DRI, focused on analyzing X-ray amorphous materials found in Martian soil samples collected by NASA's Curiosity Rover...
To better understand their formation and what they might reveal about Mars' past environment, Feldman and his team examined similar soils in three locations on Earth: Newfoundland, Northern California, and western Nevada...
The researchers found that the subarctic conditions of Newfoundland produced materials chemically similar to those found in Gale Crater, while warmer climates did not..
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