Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Liquid water on Mars, NASA finds


This illustration provided by NASA/JPL shows an artist's conception of the Phoenix Mars Lander on the Red Planet. NASA picked up the Shorty Award in the Science category for its Twitter updates about this mission (AFP/NASA/File).

Phoenix Mars Lander found liquid water, some scientists think
Space.com

During its more than five-month stint on Mars last year, NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander found evidence that liquid water existed at the spacecraft's landing site, some Phoenix team members say.

Water is key to all forms of life as we know it and the discovery of liquid water would suggest a greater opportunity for biology on the red planet.

The new but controversial conclusion comes from observations of a set of "little globules" attached to struts on the lander's legs that were photographed by Phoenix's robotic arm camera over the course of the mission, as first reported at Spaceflight Now. More>>

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