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NASA Finds Evidence of Recent Flowing Water on Mars

SonicSpike writes to mention that Scientists are claiming that they have evidence of water flowing on Mars within the last five years. From the article: "Subsurface aquifers or melting ground ice were floated as possible sources of the water. One of the springs even appears at a fault line, according to Malin, just as they often do on Earth. The shortness of the gulleys, which seem to flow for but a few hundred yards, might be accounted for by a process similar to a volcano's eruption on Earth, with water instead of magma building up underground, and ice, instead of fire, characterizing the resulting flow."

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  1. Re:Move over... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Move over, Dasani, Poland Spring, and Evian... Here comes Lunar Liquid!

    Thats no moon.

  2. Re:Hmmm, how to get a closer look? by nizo · · Score: 5, Funny
    I can see it now...


    "Look, there is some water! Quick, lets crash a probe there and create a nice impact crater where very possibly the last life on Mars exists!"


    No WONDER life on Mars has been so hard to find; it is hiding out of fear.

  3. Re:Hmmm, how to get a closer look? by Jonas+the+Bold · · Score: 5, Funny

    No. I'm sorry. We cannot allow "Squirt" to enter our vernacular as a word for sending data wirelessly. No way.

    --
    Everything seemed to be going so nice
    'till the end of all beings punched right through the ice
  4. To all sceptics: here's proof by olden · · Score: 5, Funny

    A photo that Nasa published over a year ago already unquestionably demonstrated the existence of water on Mars, see http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050401.html
    (And if you're still not convinced you can even try this at home...)

  5. Re:Hmmm, how to get a closer look? by monopole · · Score: 5, Funny

    Amen to that! Infobukake is a far more dignified term!