Rivers of magma once bubbled beneath Mars’ crust, research suggests

Finding widens selection of rocky planets that may once have been habitable Mars once had rivers of magma bubbling beneath its crust, new research suggests. The surprise find makes it more probable that Mars could have supported life and widens the selection of rocky planets that may once have been habitable. Researchers at the University of Oxford studied data gathered by Nasa’s Insight Lander, which recorded seismic waves caused by meteorite impacts and Martian quakes. They used the seismic...

By Kate Ravilious