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NASA Finds Evidence of Recent Flowing Water on Mars

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the some-bound-to-claim-theory-is-all-wet dept.

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. I farted in my space suit... by heauxmeaux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...it smells like burnt rubber.

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  2. Yellow River? by glowingsnowball · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Yellow River by I.P. Freely....

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  3. Re:Hmmm, how to get a closer look? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    deliver a high speed data squirt to an orbiter
    Ballmer, is that you?
  4. Re:I bet.. by nickron · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    They just need more funding. This is again a lot of 'may be' and 'might be' stuff coming back to us.

  5. James Kim, dead at 35 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I just heard some sad news on Digg. Celebrated internet journalist James Kim has been found dead in the Oregon area. There weren't any other details. Even if you didn't something something truly an American icon.

  6. The Submitter is SonicSpike? by Dr.+Eggman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sonic... submitted this story faster than me? *snickers* I think they just blew out my ironic-o-meter!

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