A team of Chinese scientists found possible traces of water on Mars, according to a study published in the scientific journal Nature.
Their findings are based on data collected from China's first Mars mission, Tianwen-1, during which the rover landed on the Red Planet's surface, reports China Media Group (CMG).
The rover, named Zhuzhong, is equipped with a radar that can scan underground materials along its path - a world first. He traveled 1.171 meters in his first 113 days on Mars.
The radar can scan up to 80 meters deep. Although he found no direct evidence of water, he did find layers of earth apparently shaped by water activity dating back to about 3,5 to 3,2 billion years ago.
According to the study, the water activities may be ancient floods.
Scientists have found that it is still too early to rule out the existence of a mixture of ice and salt on Mars.
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