Long-lived hydrothermal systems are prime targets for astrobiological exploration on Mars. Unlike magmatic or impact settings, radiogenic hydrothermal systems can survive for \u3e100 million years because of the Ga half-lives of key radioactive elements (e.g., U, Th, and K), but remain unknown on Mars. Here, we use geochemistry, gravity, topography data, and numerical models to find potential radiogenic hydrothermal systems on Mars. We show that the Eridania region, which once contained a vast inland sea, possibly exceeding the combined volume of all other Martian surface water, could have readily hosted a radiogenic hydrothermal system. Thus, radiogenic hydrothermalism in Eridania could have sustained clement conditions for life far longer...
Hydrothermal systems that formed as a result of impact events possess all the key requirements for l...
Hydrothermal systems have been suggested as suitable environments for the appearance of life on the...
The energy released during a hypervelocity impact on Earth can generate high temperatures in the t...
Long-lived hydrothermal systems are prime targets for astrobiological exploration on Mars. Unlike ma...
Volcanic features and impact craters are ubiquitous features on Mars, and hydrothermal systems assoc...
Modern space and planetary explorations are enthusiastically searching for extraterrestrial biosigna...
Abstract. Hydrothermal processeshavebeen suggestedto explain a number of observations for Mars, incl...
The surface expressions of hydrothermal systems are prime targets for astrobiological exploration, a...
Hydrothermal spring deposits on Mars would make excellent candidates for sample return. Molecular ph...
Highly promising locales for biosignature prospecting on Mars are ancient hydrothermal deposits, for...
Funding: This work was funded by a UK Space Agency PhD Studentship (ST/P001270/1) to C Cousins and A...
Due to their potential to support chemolithotrophic life, relic hydrothermal systems on Mars are a k...
Protected from harmful radiation, subfreezing temperatures, and low pressures, subsurface rock-hoste...
Protected from harmful radiation, subfreezing temperatures, and low pressures, subsurface rock-hoste...
While several lines of evidence strongly hint at the biological importance of impact-induced hydroth...
Hydrothermal systems that formed as a result of impact events possess all the key requirements for l...
Hydrothermal systems have been suggested as suitable environments for the appearance of life on the...
The energy released during a hypervelocity impact on Earth can generate high temperatures in the t...
Long-lived hydrothermal systems are prime targets for astrobiological exploration on Mars. Unlike ma...
Volcanic features and impact craters are ubiquitous features on Mars, and hydrothermal systems assoc...
Modern space and planetary explorations are enthusiastically searching for extraterrestrial biosigna...
Abstract. Hydrothermal processeshavebeen suggestedto explain a number of observations for Mars, incl...
The surface expressions of hydrothermal systems are prime targets for astrobiological exploration, a...
Hydrothermal spring deposits on Mars would make excellent candidates for sample return. Molecular ph...
Highly promising locales for biosignature prospecting on Mars are ancient hydrothermal deposits, for...
Funding: This work was funded by a UK Space Agency PhD Studentship (ST/P001270/1) to C Cousins and A...
Due to their potential to support chemolithotrophic life, relic hydrothermal systems on Mars are a k...
Protected from harmful radiation, subfreezing temperatures, and low pressures, subsurface rock-hoste...
Protected from harmful radiation, subfreezing temperatures, and low pressures, subsurface rock-hoste...
While several lines of evidence strongly hint at the biological importance of impact-induced hydroth...
Hydrothermal systems that formed as a result of impact events possess all the key requirements for l...
Hydrothermal systems have been suggested as suitable environments for the appearance of life on the...
The energy released during a hypervelocity impact on Earth can generate high temperatures in the t...