- Steven F. Sholes
A New Way to Analyze Evidence of Martian Oceans
Eos: 04/09/2019, Elizabeth Thompson
At the end of the 19th century, an astronomer named Percival Lowell first peered up at Mars and observed some dark lines with powerful implications—an extensive network of canals. He was thrilled to see what he considered evidence of an advanced civilization sculpting the Martian landscape as his fellow earthlings were constructing the Suez and Panama Canals. Read more...