Water on Mars Could Unlock The Secrets of The Origin of Life on Earth
NASA scientists recently announced that hyper-saline water occasionally flows on the surface of Mars, even in the present day. The evidence is the detection of chlorate salt deposits on the surface and the association of those minerals with channel-like features on some steep slopes—channels that form, disappear and reappear at different times throughout the Martian […]
Mars May Have Liquid Salty Water Below Its Surface
NASA’s Curiosity rover has measured weather and soil conditions on Mars to discover that the red planet’s surface has favorable conditions to hold liquid salty water underneath. The latest findings have further fueled the long-running debate on whether Mars ever contained water and was suitable to host life. Scientists had previously discovered that Martian soil […]
