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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. Martians by PWill · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome our new Martian overlords.

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  2. netcraft by minus_273 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    has netcraft confirmed this water?

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  3. Am I blind? by pureCaffeine · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It's so obviously a weap0n of mass destructi0n - time to move in! (Maybe should have got these same NASA analysts to examine the satellite surveillance photos of Iraq - if they took several years to come to this conclusion they're obviously more thorough and methodical) :-)

  4. Re:So, where's the little green Saddam? by pureCaffeine · · Score: 0, Redundant

    He he I beat you by 2 posts with the W0MD angle :-)

  5. Water on Mars by WhoaNotSoFast · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yes, Virginia, there are canals on mars.