Mars is a frigid world today, and all of its surface water is frozen solid. However, there's ample evidence that liquid water once coursed over the Red Planet. That paradox has sparked an ongoing debate: What warmed up Mars's climate billions of years ago?
The ancient warm spells that Mars appears to have experienced can't be pinned on a seemingly obvious culprit such as the Sun. That's because our nearest star wasn't any more luminous in the past.
Publisher: Eos
Date: 2023-04-17T14:40:07 00:00
Author: Katherine Kornei
Twitter: @AGU_Eos
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