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More Evidence for Early Oceans on Mars

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wet-but-no-cigar dept.

DestroyAllZombies writes "More news about Mars. The good news: New Scientist reports that more analysis of Rover data supports the claims for widespread oceans in Mars' distant past. The bad news, from the article: 'An ocean of water once wrapped around Mars, suggests the discovery of soil chemicals by NASA's rovers. But the same chemicals also indicate that life was not widespread on the planet at the time the ocean was present.'"

5 of 93 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Bad news? by Ireneo+Funes · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why not neutral news?
    What do I care if a whole army of amoeba got pwned by massive climate change?

    Oh... wait.

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  2. Of course there could have been water on Mars... by Hamster+Lover · · Score: 1, Funny

    6,000 years is a long time.

  3. Re:Of course there could have been water on Mars.. by GrumpySimon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ahh... but you've been corrupted by "science" and that "evolution" fairy tale. All graduands of the Kansas school system know that the world is only 6,000 years old

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  4. Re:If the water was there, where did it go? by Olix · · Score: 2, Funny

    What about Milla Jovovich? She is probably heavier than water - does than mean she is still on Mars?

  5. Arrrr!! by krell · · Score: 5, Funny

    And where there be oceans, there be pirates. And where there be pirates, there be buried treasure! Hoist up the sails, me hearties, and set course to Marrrrs!

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