The sinuous channels carved onto the Martian surface, first seen 3 decades ago, have convinced most scientists that water once flowed on the Red Planet. But where did the water come from?
A new analysis of a Mars meteorite that fell to Earth suggests that ancient Martian magma–molten rock from deep within the Red Planet–contained significant amounts of water before it erupted on the planet’s surface.
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