Yes, Mars looks like a dry and arid planet of red. However, new investigation found indications of something unthinkable. Mars had beaches like Earth. The neighboring planet had an old northern ocean. And ended on beaches like those observed on Earth.
An international team of scientists used Mars data obtained by a Chinese zhurong explorer for this. He identified hidden layers of rock under the surface of the planet. What this analysis suggests is the presence of an old northern ocean. And added this, it is considered that it could include beaches.
Scanning Mars
The Zhurong was equipped with a penetration radar. Thanks to this, it allowed him to explore the planet’s subsurface. He used low and high frequency radars to scan the Martian floor deeply.
With the data of the Rover cHino, the scientists discovered a layer structure similar to that of the terrestrial beaches. In particular, they are formations called “beach deposits.” These descend towards the oceans and form when the tides and waves drag the sediments towards a large mass of water.
«We are finding places on Mars that seemed old beaches and ancient river deltas. We find wind tests, waves, no sand shortage. It is like an adequate beach, of holiday style ». This was declared by Benjamín Cárdenas, an deputy professor of Geology at Penn State and co -author of the study.
Favorable to life
Mars had beaches like Earth. The discovery indicates that Mars was once a much more humid place than today. And all this further supports the hypothesis of a past ocean that covered a large part of the northern pole of the planet.
According to researchers, the study also provided new information on the evolution of the Martian environment. What suggests is that a warm and humid period favorable to life extended potentially for tens of millions of years.
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