Ice, Ice, BabyMars isn’t exactly a vacation destination. Like Earth, Mars also has icy glaciers at its polar regions that never melt. Martian ice likely began as dusty snow, which eventually compacted into ice over a few million years. In its mid-latitudes—the “comfortable” zone—some dusty ice fields were covered up by rocks then later excavated by meteorite impacts to re-expose the ice. The simulation tapped the physics of water, ice, and snow and how they change when mixed with impurities such as Martian dust.

Source: The North Africa Journal October 22, 2024 03:56 UTC