Here is more information from the team who made the discovery:
According to the study, published in Planetary and Space Science, the Noctis Labyrinthus formed over 3.5 billion years ago, from underground pressurized water sources. The surface of the region cracked and collapsed, and over millions of years the area was periodically covered with lava and water lakes, until recent geological times.
Check back for more updates about this discovery as they come in.
And here is a related video from the Curiosity rover with some cool Mars footage:
Having helped design the Mars rovers Spirit, Opportunity, and Curiosity, NASA engineer Kobie Boykins reveals what these robots are telling us about the existence of life on the red planet.
thanks to iflscience.com for the great info
thanks to NASA for the pic
I think what COULD have hosted life is interesting but largely irrelevant. I’m more interested in what CAN host life.
Its a headline troll, you don’t$#%&!@*about the topics of headlines in the newspapers do you
COULD HAVE? I would venture to guess. Prior to earth, there was Mars. Unfortunately they being on a smaller planet. With no moon to speak of. Felt the brunt of the great bombardment.
Why. We couldn’t reach it in thousands of years? Let’s us work together, rather than extinguishing ourselves. Baby steps. Walk prior to running head long.