Mars Technica

Flash floods on Mars!

Episode Summary

The first published results from the Perseverance mission offer intriguing insight into what the climate may have been like on the Red Planet. Once upon a time, there were flash floods on Mars.

Episode Notes

Evidence shows that there may have been massive flash floods on Mars billions of years ago.

Mars Technica is produced by Los Alamos National Laboratory. Cover art by Joey Montoya. Photo illustration courtesy JPL/NASA.  With special thanks to Jennifer Talhelm, Laura Mullane, Arthur Bishop and Camille Dickson.