Giant Crater on Mars Was Once a Vast Lake, Curiosity Rover Shows
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 18:30
in Astronomy & Space
Curiosity has found evidence that the 96-mile-wide (154 kilometers) Gale Crater, which the rover has been studying since August 2012, hosted a large lake long ago. Runoff into this lake eventually built up Mount Sharp, mission scientists say.