Mars secret revealed: The Red Planet's cracked skin may be hiding an ancient truth
NASA's Curiosity rover has captured the first-ever close-up images of spiderweb-like 'boxwork' formations on Mars, revealing new clues about the planet's ancient water systems. These intricate mineral ridges, buried for eons then revealed by Martian wind, suggest Mars once had underground liquid water. Found uniquely on Mount Sharp, they've stunned scientists and sparked new questions about the Red Planet's past climate—and whether it could once have supported microbial life in salt-rich, subsurface habitats.
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