Mars was once warm and rainy

Thanks to data from NASA's CRISM spectrometer and the Curiosity 'explorer', scientists have a better idea of ​​what minerals are in Mars soil.

Besides, using different areas on the Earth as analogs, scientists can observe the conditions that cause similar mineral deposition patterns on our planet and suggest that Similar climates are also responsible for their formation on Mars.

Mars is given to each with warm water and climate.

Professor Briony Horgan from Purdue University at a conference in Spain recently announced the findings of a new research effort to compare today's Earth's climate with that of ancient Mars.

'Our study of weather in completely different climatic conditions such as Cascades Oregon, Hawaii, Iceland and elsewhere on Earth, can show us how the climate affects the model. "Deposition of minerals as we see it on Mars ," said Hor Horgan.

This leads us to believe that on Mars 3 to 4 billion years ago, tended to be from warm to cold, with melting and freezing times.

The research goes into the nuances of the various mineral deposits that scientists believe it suggests a thaw. This suggests that the Red Planet has some temperature-related ups and downs, with a warm period characterized by frequent rains and then a colder period, where everything is frozen.

Mars is cold today compared to Earth, and that is largely because the planet's atmosphere has been nearly completely stripped away. Meanwhile, billions of years ago, the planet was thought to have a much stronger atmosphere that would aid in keeping the heat.

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