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  "path": "/2026/06/28/this-discovery-suggests-mars-could-sustain-large-long-lived-systems-where-molten-rock-evolved-and-reprocessed-itself-throughout-the-entire-crust/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-28T06:30:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://theorkneynews.scot",
  "tags": [
    "News",
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    "Mars",
    "Oxford University",
    "planets",
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  "textContent": "Researchers from the University of Oxford have uncovered evidence that Mars once hosted enormous, Earth-like magmatic systems deep beneath its surface – despite the planet lacking the plate tectonics long thought necessary for this kind of geological complexity. Mars is often described as a ‘stagnant lid’ planet: unlike Earth, its surface is not broken into […]",
  "title": "“This discovery suggests Mars could sustain large, long-lived systems where molten rock evolved and reprocessed itself throughout the entire crust.”"
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