Salt on Mars? ASU helps scientists make discovery
In Arizona State University camera orbiting Mars has uncovered salt deposits on the cratered Martian surface, suggesting water was once widespread on the Red Planet.
Scientists say the more than 200 deposits likely formed through water evaporation and could be ideal places to look for past life because of salt’s preservative qualities.
The findings are being published Friday in Science magazine.
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