Giant impact explains the Mars dichotomy

The surface landscape of Mars, divided into lowlands in the north and highlands in the south, has long perplexed planetary scientists. Was it sculpted by several small impacts, via mantle convection in the planet's interior, or by one giant impact? Now scientists have shown through computer modeling that the Mars dichotomy, as the divided ...

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