{"id":34763,"date":"2025-06-25T17:34:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:34:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mars-rover-captures-first-close-up-images-of-ridges-that-hint-at-planets-watery-past-in-really-surprising-discovery\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:34:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:34:14","slug":"mars-rover-captures-first-close-up-images-of-ridges-that-hint-at-planets-watery-past-in-really-surprising-discovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/mars-rover-captures-first-close-up-images-of-ridges-that-hint-at-planets-watery-past-in-really-surprising-discovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Mars rover captures first close-up images of ridges that hint at planet&#8217;s watery past in &#8220;really surprising&#8221; discovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>NASA&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/nasa-rover-images-mother-of-pearl-clouds-mars\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Curiosity rover<\/a><\/span> has captured the first close-up images of a part of Mars that scientists say provide evidence of how water once flowed on the red planet.<\/p>\n<p>There were once rivers, lakes and possibly an ocean on Mars, but they eventually dried up and the planet became the desert it is currently, according to NASA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new images by Curiosity show &#8220;dramatic evidence&#8221; of ancient groundwater in crisscrossing low ridges, arranged in &#8220;a boxwork pattern,&#8221; stretching across miles of a mountain on Mars, the space agency said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The bedrock below these ridges likely formed when groundwater trickling through the rock left behind minerals that accumulated in those cracks and fissures, hardening and becoming cementlike,&#8221; NASA said in a news release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/25\/5834eed8-7ec5-43bc-9865-e99d85117426\/thumbnail\/620x510\/0cee4e3dd11dd997984042a7e1b62447\/e2-pia26558-curiosity-views-a-fractured-boxwork-ridge-up-close.png#\" alt=\"e2-pia26558-curiosity-views-a-fractured-boxwork-ridge-up-close.png \" height=\"510\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/25\/5834eed8-7ec5-43bc-9865-e99d85117426\/thumbnail\/620x510\/0cee4e3dd11dd997984042a7e1b62447\/e2-pia26558-curiosity-views-a-fractured-boxwork-ridge-up-close.png 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">NASA&#8217;s Curiosity rover took images of ridges that scientists think may have been formed by ancient groundwater.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                NASA<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The ridges look like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=H5z32E7uaKM&amp;list=PLTiv_XWHnOZqsp7on1ErHOTweF5eHzOTt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">spiderweb patterns<\/a> from space and had previously only been observed from orbit, NASA said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A big mystery is why the ridges were hardened into these big patterns and why only here,&#8221; Curiosity&#8217;s project scientist, Ashwin Vasavada, said. &#8220;As we drive on, we&#8217;ll be studying the ridges and mineral cements to make sure our idea of how they formed is on target.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ridges have small fractures filled with calcium sulfate, left behind by groundwater, which had not been found before in this part of Mount Sharp, the 3-mile-tall mountain Curiosity is currently climbing, NASA said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s really surprising,&#8221; said Curiosity&#8217;s deputy project scientist, Abigail Fraeman. &#8220;These calcium sulfate veins used to be everywhere, but they more or less disappeared as we climbed higher up Mount Sharp. 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