Liquid Water On Mars

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  Mars Satellite Images Reveal Giant 'Kidney Beans,' Sparking Hints of Water and Life

  NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured images of frozen sand dunes in Mars' northern hemisphere, revealing unique formations halted by carbon dioxide frost during winter. Unlike Earth's desert dunes, which shift with wind, these Martian dunes remain stationary until spring thaw releases their icy grip. Scientists study these features to unders...

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  NASA's Dawn Mission Unveils Insights into Vesta’s Mysterious Gullies Using Lab Simulations

  NASA’s Dawn mission to the asteroid Vesta revealed mysterious gullies on its surface. New lab experiments, simulating Vesta's harsh vacuum conditions, suggest that liquid water, possibly briny, could have flowed briefly and carved these channels. These findings challenge existing theories about liquid stability on airless bodies and provide insig...

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  NASA’s Viking Mission May Have Destroyed Martian Life with Water Experiments

  In 1975, NASA’s Viking mission tested Martian soil for microbial life using liquid water. A recent theory suggests this approach may have destroyed microbes adapted to Mars' dry, salt-driven conditions. Astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch proposes revisiting our assumptions about life on Mars and prioritising methods suited to its hyperarid enviro...

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  NASA's Mars Perseverance Rover Uncovers Distinct Red Rocks with Green Spots at 'Serpentine Rapids'

  NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has unveiled intriguing findings at Serpentine Rapids, a location characterised by its striking red rocks interspersed with distinctive green spots. These features, observed in a nighttime mosaic captured by the rover's SHERLOC WATSON camera, may provide insights into Mars' geological history. The green spots are thou...

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  NASA's Curiosity Rover Provides Insights into Mars' Uninhabitable Climate

  NASA's Curiosity rover is providing new insights into how Mars transformed from a potentially habitable planet, abundant in liquid water, to the inhospitable landscape seen today. Researchers discovered that carbon-rich minerals found in Gale Crater indicate extreme evaporation and suggest the planet's climate could support only transient liquid wa...

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  US Scientists Find Reservoir Of Liquid Water On Mars

  An immense reservoir of liquid water may reside deep under the surface of Mars within fractured igneous rocks, holding enough to fill an ocean that would cover the entire surface of Earth's planetary neighbor.

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  Scientists Have Found New Evidence For Liquid Water On Mars. Details Here

  An international team of researchers has found new evidence for the possible existence of liquid water beneath the south polar ice cap of Mars.

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  Liquid Water Found On Mars: Underground Lake Discovery Makes Waves

  Using a satellite to peer beneath layers of dust and ice at Mars' south pole, scientists have detected a 12-mile-wide span of briny water, a large, stable reservoir akin to lakes buried beneath the Antarctic ice sheet on Earth.

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  First Lake Of Liquid Water Discovered On Mars

  A massive underground lake has been detected for the first time on Mars, raising the possibility that more water -- and maybe even life -- exists there, international astronomers said Wednesday.

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  Liquid Water Carved Deep Canyons On Mars

  Dramatic climate cycles on early Mars, triggered by buildup of greenhouse gases, may have caused liquid water to carve out deep canyons and extensive valley networks on the red planet's surface, scientists including one of Indian origin have found.

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  Study: Mars Might Not Hold Water After All

  Remember the "recurring slope lineae?" Nope? How about "liquid water on Mars"?

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  Mars Gullies Sculpted By Dry Ice, Not Liquid Water

  Gullies on Mars may be formed by dry ice processes rather than flowing liquid water, as previously thought, a new study has found.

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  Mars Colonisation Still Far Off, Says Nasa Scientist Amitabh Ghosh

  Though the discovery of liquid water on Mars opens up immense possibilities, colonisation of the red planet is still a distant possibility.

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  This is What the Award Winning Home Design For Mars Looks Like

  A 3D printed ice shelter designed for Mars, which aims to rely on the red planet's predicted liquid water and low temperatures, has won the first-place award of USD 25,000 in NASA's Mars habitat design competition.

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  The Harsh Truth About Mars Water and NASA's 'Journey to Mars'

  Ephemeral brine on Mars! Hmmm. That doesn't quite have the same ring as "water on Mars!" The latter formulation sounds like a paradigm-buster. Mars was supposed to be a desert wasteland, lifeless, cold, with almost no atmosphere. But Monday NASA announced new evidence for seasonal liquid water on the surface of Mars - after teasing everyone with a ...