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NASA Orbiter Reveals Details of a Moister Mars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the alliteration-makes-me-happy dept.

Matt_dk writes "NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has observed a new category of minerals spread across large regions of Mars. This discovery suggests that liquid water remained on the planet's surface a billion years later than scientists believed, and it played an important role in shaping the planet's surface and possibly hosting life."

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  1. Re:Stop it. by jollyreaper · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Every time someone claims ANYTHING about water on mars, it always trails with "There could have been/should/would been life!". Find me a fossil and then we'll talk.

    McCain?

    *gasps of outrage*

    What, too soon?

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