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Mapped CBs (channel belts) outlined in black and the putative shorelines in blue. Yellow outlines indicate avulsed CB paths. The backwater/belt-width window for each CB is shown in orange. Avulsion nodes are marked with gold stars and circles; stars when they fall within the backwater/belt-width window, and circles when they fall outside. Histogram shows the avulsion length of identified nodes (stars and circles) in terms of their distance upstream measured in backwater lengths. Note that most nodes are ∼1 backwater length upstream. -- Geophysical Research Letters

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Did Mars Once Have an Ocean? New Research Suggests Yes

by Keith CowingOctober 9, 2025June 10, 2026

Billions of years ago, water flowed across Mars. Most scientists agree the red planet had rivers. But did those rivers flow into an ocean? New research from the University of […]

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Did Mars Once Have an Ocean? New Research Suggests Yes

ALMA Central Molecular Zone Exploration Survey (ACES) I: Overview

RNA And Proteins Joined Up At The Origins Of Life: Persistence Is The Point

Selection For Growth Drives The Emergence Of Genetic Heredity In Protocells

NASA SMD ROSES-25 Amendment 65: New Opportunity: C.4 Planetary Science Enabling Facilities

TESS Photometry and Radial Velocity Analysis of the sub-Neptune Exoplanet π Mensae c and the Wider π Mensae Planetary System