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An ocean the size of the Arctic once covered half of Mars, new images hint

Mars may have been a "blue planet" with an ocean the size of today's Arctic Ocean, a new study suggests.
New Scientist

Mars once had a vast sea the size of the Arctic Ocean

Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet have helped researchers map out an ancient coastline that surrounded a large ocean billions of years ago ...
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Mars had an Arctic-sized ocean, and we’re just now finding out, say scientists

Long thought of as a dry, barren world, Mars may once have shimmered with shades of blue. A new study reveals the discovery ...

Tiny Mars's big impact on Earth's climate: How the red planet's pull shapes ice ages

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the ...

Mars was once BLUE as scientists find signs of red planet’s ‘deepest and largest sea’ the size of Arctic Ocean & rivers

MARS was not always the beaming red we’re so used to seeing in space. Scientists have revealed that it was actually a “blue planet” some 3billion years ago. The search for water ...
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Mars Can Actually Trigger Ice Ages on Earth Despite Being Millions of Miles Away

This doesn’t mean Mars causes ice ages on its own. Orbital cycles are only part of the picture. Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...