Satellite images of Mars taken since the 1970s suggest that the planet, now frigid and bone dry on its surface, was once warmer and wetter. A new study adds to the evidence that material carried to the Martian surface by volcanoes created an environment more habitable than today’s.
Topographic map of Mars shows the Tharsis rise (arrow).
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