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Water on Mars - Clues to Life?

Posted by timothy on from the red-juicy-planet dept.

PHPee writes: "Reports of water on Mars say that huge amounts of water gushed through the surface of the red planet fairly 'recently'. (Recently being as little as 10 million years ago) This is big news, because it may lead to finding some simple forms of life on the planet. For more info, check out: (story #1) and (story #2)."

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  1. Hi-resolution images of the fissure. by Mortenson · · Score: 5, Informative
    Here are a few images of the fissure courtesy of the Mars Global Surveyor:
    here here here and here

    No signs of life there, some say that these ones show life: "Banyan Trees", "Hot Spring??", "Leopard spots"

    Personally, at this resolution, they could be anything, but they are still fun to look at.