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December 06, 2006
Water Found On Mars?
Jason tipped me last night that there would be a "significant annoncement" about Mars. I figured it wouldn't be anything interesting, as the news would have leaked already.
Guess I was wrong.
Dramatic new photographs of Mars have revealed the possible existence of water on its surface.
The images - released for the first time on Wednesday by the US space agency NASA - were taken earlier this year in an attempt to unlock the secrets of the Red Planet.
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NASA researchers have documented the formation of new craters on the plant's surface and found bright, light-coloured deposits in gullies that were not present in previous photos.
They concluded the deposits - possibly mud, salt or frost - were left there when water recently cascaded through the channels.
In another photo a number of gullies on a crater wall can be clearly seen. The scientists believe that they may have been formed in relatively recent Martian history by erosion caused by flowing, liquid water.