Using your science to explore the climate history of Mars

Thursday 6th Feb 2020, 12.40pm

Mars today is colder than Antarctica and drier than the Sahara — but scratch just beneath its dusty red coating and tales of a different planet emerge. The young Mars of three billion years ago was an Earth-like place of rain, rivers, and perhaps even oceans. Though long-gone, the rocks remember. In the lab, and through a simple understanding of chemistry, we can listen to what they have to say.