This was reported by NASA, according to Ukrinform’s report.

The rover is looking for evidence that would explain how the channel emerged within the rock; Because its slopes are steep enough, so according to scientists, the channel could not have been formed under the influence of wind, instead mud flows or water currents could have formed the channel. As scientists later believed, it was covered with rocks and stones from Mount Sharp, located in Gale Crater. The height of this mountain is about 5 km.

“If the channel or rock pile was composed of liquid water, that would mean that water returned in large quantities quite late in the history of Mount Sharp (after a long dry spell),” said Curiosity project scientist Ashwin Vasavada of NASA’s Jet. Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.

Curiosity had previously found that water on Mars likely appears and disappears periodically, rather than gradually disappearing as the planet’s climate dries.

As reported by Ukrinform, the European Space Agency’s (ESA) automatic interplanetary station Mars Express has captured an interesting photo of the Red Planet’s Arctic terrain.

Photo: NASA