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Mars was doomed to become a barren lifeless planet from the beginning, says new study



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Mars was born with a fatal flaw that doomed it to become a barren lifeless place, according to new research: it was always too small to retain large amounts of water.Evidence that water was once present on Mars has been mounting for decades and this month NASA’s Perseverance rover collected rock samples which have all but confirmed groundwater flowed on the red planet.
But the space agency’s scientists weren’t sure whether that water was present for tens of thousands of years or for millions of years. Now, more scientists believe they can contribute to the understanding of why that …

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