Sentences with phrase «once habitable environments»

Knowing that the clays could be produced later in locations with surface water can help researchers pin down the best areas at which to look for once habitable environments, he says.

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The discovery of organic compounds adds to the growing body of evidence that Ceres may have once had a habitable environment.

We went to Mars seeking evidence concerning whether or not it once had liquid water and a habitable environment, and I think we've found a definitive answer to that question.

Many researchers are content to follow NASA's lead as it cautiously moves from «following the water» in search of likely habitable or once - habitable environments on Mars to «following the carbon» — that is, looking for chemical traces of ancient life.

Orbiting Ceres since 2015, the Dawn spacecraft picked up hints of organic material on the dwarf planet's surface, researchers reported in February — a sign that Ceres may have once had a habitable environment.

The success of NASA's Mars rover Opportunity in finding tell - tale signs of past water at its Meridiani Planum landing site has left some researchers believing the region could have once been a habitable, albeit still hostile, environment.

Cassini did the groundwork, discovering subsurface oceans and habitable environments on what was once thought to be a collection of dead and barren moons.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University]-- The slopes of a giant Martian volcano, once covered in glacial ice, may have been home to one of the most recent habitable environments yet found on the Red Planet, according to new research led by Brown University geologists.