"Revisiting Mars' Watery Past: New Insights and Clues Uncovered"

Scientists believe that Mars may have been habitable for millions of years longer than previously thought, with its surface once covered in oceans, lakes, and rivers resembling early Earth. This raises the possibility of simple life evolving in Martian waters, but not for long enough to develop into complex organisms. The disappearance of liquid water from Mars more than three billion years ago likely ended any nascent life, but the tantalizing prospect remains that life may have thrived there.