2011-08-13




Dark streaks on Mars bolster case for liquid water

Mars, 2001, with the southern polar ice cap vi...Image via WikipediaDark streaks on Mars bolster case for liquid water - space - 04 August 2011 - New Scientist

Streaks seen in Newton Crater could be due to liquid water (Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona)

Some scientists are finding more evidence of water on Mars, and some are pitching a differing explanation. In any case, I find it amazing that we have spacecraft orbiting another planet sending back huge quantities of data.

I hope we do find an active water-based ecosystem there with novel bacteria (or something similar). But it is interesting either way.


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