The rover found structures at the base of Mount Aeolis. The apparatus also spotted rocks there, washed away by water erosion in a nearby valley.
The Curiosity rover, while exploring Gale Crater on the Red Planet, encountered rocks. The currents of the ancient lake changed them billions of years ago. So scientists believe that this proves the existence of water bodies on Mars in the past, writes ScienceAlert.
Researcher Ashwin Vasavada from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory said that billions of years ago, the currents of the ancient lake changed the structure of the sediments beneath it. They turned into rocks with a wavy texture
“What is more surprising is the openness of the fact that we believe that there should not be a reservoir in this area. After all, the age of the local rocks indicates that they were formed when Mars was becoming a barren planet,” said the scientist.
The rover discovered these structures at the foot of Mount Aeolis. The apparatus also spotted rocks there, washed away by water erosion in a nearby valley.
By the way, according to scientists, Mount Aeolis is considered “the Martian time scale.”
“The oldest rock is at the bottom, and the youngest is closer to its top. Studying this mountain provides an opportunity to understand the evolutionary path of Mars from an Earth-like planet to a cold, desert planet where Mars is today. The presence of a large amount of water on Mars billions of years ago suggests that microbial life could potentially have appeared and thrived there. And likely, signs of its existence, even that after such an enormous period of time, can still be seen here, “the experts. graduate
Recall that Curiosity previously discovered a precious opal stone on the Red Planet. Scientists from the University of Arizona, USA, believe that this is a potential source of water.
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