A research team led by Prof. WU Bo, Associate Head of LSGI and Associate Director of Research Centre for Deep Space Explorations, have gathered new evidence that Mars once hosted an ocean billions of years ago. This discovery was made through the analysis of data from China’s Zhurong rover and orbiting satellites.
Prof. Wu was interviewed by the Reuters on 8 Nov 2024 and shared that these findings not only provide further evidence to support the theory of a Martian ocean but also introduce, for the first time, a discussion on its probable evolutionary scenario. Dr Sergey Krasilnikov, Research Assistant Professor of LSGI and co-author of the study, noted that during the early history of Mars, when it likely had a dense, warm atmosphere, the possibility of microbial life was significantly higher.
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