Mars could have supported life after rivers of magma discovered by Oxford scientists

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Mars could have supported life after rivers of magma discovered by Oxford scientists.

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British scientists have uncovered evidence vast rivers of molten rock once surged beneath the Martian surface.The research team at the University of Oxford analysed seismic data collected by Nasa's InSight lander.The spacecraft detected waves generated by meteorite strikes and quakes on the red planet, according to findings published in Nature Astronomy.Their unexpected discovery significantly strengthens the case Mars may once have harboured conditions suitable for life.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say It also broadens the range of planets across the cosmos that could potentially have been habitable, challenging long-held assumptions about what makes a planet capable of supporting living organisms.The Oxford researchers focused their attention on an enigmatic boundary detected roughly 15 miles beneath the planet's surface.Their analysis concluded this feature was most plausibly created by magma accumulating at depth and extending laterally across distances spanning hundreds,...

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