Mars Water, which was expected to evade away from the surface of the planet, trapped beneath the atmosphere’s surroundings. Roughly 4 billion years ago, Mars had a totally contrasting complexion than what it appends today. Its atmosphere was thicker and fluid as water flowed along the surface of the planet.
Over the past decades, scientists have perplexed the question, where did all the water go? Did it escape into Space after Mars lost its bearings, or retreat somewhere else? Scientists were looking to find answers to all the proposed questions. According to the latest research at the Caltech and the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL), between 30% to 90% percent of Mars Water went underground.
The past two decades have overseen an abundance of research theories on the Red Planet as NASA dispatched over a dozen of robotic explorers. The consensus behind the dispatching was to know more about Red Planet’s geology, climate, surface, atmosphere, and evolution.
Evaluating the studies, we found out that around 3 billion years ago, Mars’s surface water disappeared and the landscape evolved into being one of the hottest planets. The appearance of that time resembles the outlook of today. Until recently, scientists theorized that atmospheric escape was crucial, where water is disassociated chemically and then diverted to space.