August 24, 2016

Map of the ancient rivers system of Arabia Terra on Mars (Image courtesy J.M. Davis et al.)

An article published in the journal “Geology” describes the study of the remains of a system of ancient riverbeds in the region of the planet Mars called Arabia Terra. A team of scientists led by Joel Davis of the University College London analyzed high-resolution photographs taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) space probe to find traces of rivers that flowed nearly 4 billion years ago. This is another confirmation of the fact that at that time the climate on Mars was warm and wet, similar to the Earth.