We Might Finally Understand What Happened to Mars' Missing Water

REDACTION.- Recent research based on seismic data from NASA's InSight mission has revealed signs of a liquid water layer between 5.4 and 8 kilometers beneath the surface of Mars. The results were published in a recent study by Hrvoje Tkalcic, head of geophysics at the National University of Australia, and Weijia Sun, professor of geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences. In it, seismic waves generated by two meteorite impacts and a tidal wa…

We Might Finally Understand What Happened to Mars' Missing Water

Mars once boasted a sprawling ocean across its surface. Over time, the magnetic field diminished, the atmosphere thinned, and the water vanished. Yet, the total isn’t accounted for. This water must have disappeared somewhere as the red planet transitioned from a watery haven to the dusty landscape we recognize today. So, what happened to it? [...] Source The post We Might Finally Understand What Happened to Mars’ Missing Water appeared first on …

After billions of years, the planet Marte has enjoyed lakes, rivers and even oceans, but what happened to all that water has remained a mystery for a long time.