Scientists have uncovered the mystery of the vanished ocean on Mars – Russian Newspaper

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a young Mars asteroid collision has contributed to it the vast ocean, reports New Scientist

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This is the opinion of the Laboratory of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Tim Parker, speaking at a planetary science conference in Texas. According to him, recent studies allow us to say with certainty that nearly four billion years ago on Mars ocean appeared. He has held half of the northern hemisphere and was able to assist the emergence and development of life.

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However, Ocean did not have time to fulfill this mission. It has existed for several hundred million years, after which literally evaporated. This is indicated by geological structures, rovers discovered in the last ten years. Scientists have found that some parts of the area were formed by the evaporation of water. According to Tim Parker on this, in particular, the data indicate the rover Opportunity, which moves just along the edge of the ocean disappeared.

 

The researchers believe that water was the result of the bombing of the Red Planet asteroids. And thanks to them also disappeared. Collisions with asteroids led to climate change, and ocean froze. Then, the frozen water began to evaporate, forming a modern terrain of Mars. According to scientists, the ocean in a liquid form could survive only in the case if the world existed dense atmosphere.