How Water Could Have Flowed on Mars
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 - 16:31
in Astronomy & Space
The surface of Mars clearly shows what looks like evidence of flowing water: riverbeds, deltas, and the like. But these signs have been a puzzle - until now. The Weizmann Institute's Dr. Itay Halevy and Brown University's Dr. James Head III have identified a possible source: violent eruptions from massive volcanoes that periodically melted Mars' ice.