This scene from the eastern side of Terra Cimmeria, northeast of the Hellas impact basin, shows many impact craters of different sizes and types of preservation, with a few sharp-looking […]
Hellas basin
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Glaciers Tell A Story Of Ancient Mars
A new paper published in Icarus describes, maps and dates how glaciers and glacial runoff sculpted the northeastern rim of Mars’ Hellas basin over the last 3 billion years. The […]
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New Models Suggest Little Groundwater Recharge In Ancient Mars Aquifer
Mars was once a wet world. The geological record of the Red Planet shows evidence for water flowing on the surface – from river deltas to valleys carved by massive […]