Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!New research from NASA scientists studying Mars could show that possible evidence of ancient life on Mars was destroyed in the planet's former lake systems.Scientists have found new evidence that as the red planet's climate changed, super-salty water, or 'brines', seeped through the cracks of Mars' lakes and altered the clay mineral-rich layers underneath.Clay minerals feature water in their structure and act as evidence that the soils and rocks that contain them were in contact with water at some point in history.
The new findings published on July 9 help scientists understand where the rock record preserved or destroyed evidence of Mars' possible signs of ancient life.
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