Paul Scott Anderson - More evidence for ancient ocean on Mars from Chinese rover:
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A new analysis of data from China’s Zhurong rover adds to previous evidence for the ocean.
The ocean covered much of the Utopia Planitia region in the northern hemisphere, the new study suggests. It was at least 1,900 feet deep in the deepest parts. It later froze and then disappeared altogether.
Read that we know more of space than our own oceans on Earth.
The ocean covered much of the Utopia Planitia region in the northern hemisphere, the new study suggests. It was at least 1,900 feet deep in the deepest parts. It later froze and then disappeared altogether.
Read that we know more of space than our own oceans on Earth.
1,900 feet deep.
Earth: The Challenger Deep is approximately 10,935 meters (35,876 feet) deep.
Earth: The Challenger Deep is approximately 10,935 meters (35,876 feet) deep.
