Mars Mystery deepens: curiosity reveals a secret network of bizarre ridges in scabies crater

The curiosity of NASA revealed a vast network of mineral ridges of “boxwork” on Mount Sharp, proof that the groundwater persisted under the Martian surface even after its rivers and their lakes disappeared. Durnies by minerals and exposed by implacable winds, ridges only exist in a mysterious layer, where surprising veins of calcium sulfate have reappeared. Curiosity close-up […]