Both Mars and Earth have experienced ice ages in geologically recent times. Coincidence of the phenomenon on two planets will further the scientific quest to answer the question of how ice ages originate.
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Baker, V. Icy martian mysteries. Nature 426, 779–780 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/426779a
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