Landslides on Mars may be caused by underground salts and melting ice 

Landslides on Mars during the summer months may be caused by underground salts and melting ice, a new study claims.  Using imitation Martian soil samples, SETI Institute researchers in the US recreated Martian landslides on a miniature scale in the lab. The frozen, salty and chlorine-laden samples were thawed under temperatures intended to replicate a … Read more