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    Explosive bursts of methane helped ancient Mars keep liquid water flowing, study finds

    by By Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times Oct 02, 2017 3 minutes

    In a drying time, Mars may have been kept warm enough for liquid water to remain stable on the surface thanks to explosive bursts of methane gas, a new study finds.

    The simulations, described in the journal Nature Geoscience, could explain how Mars managed to sustain a series of lakes in a climate that at first glance seems too cold and arid to have done so.

    Since landing on the Red Planet in August 2012, NASA's

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