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Nasa finds evidence of a vast ancient ocean on Mars

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A massive ancient ocean once covered nearly half of the northern hemisphere of Mars making the planet a more promising place for alien life to have gained a foothold, Nasa scientists say. The huge body of water spread over a fifth of the planet’s surface, as great a portion as the Atlantic covers the Earth, and was a mile deep in places. In total, the ocean held 20 million cubic kilometres of water, or more than is found in the Arctic Ocean, the researchers found. Read the Full Article at The Guardian.
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Liquid Water on Mars found right below the rover?

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Now this is interesting! We know about some frozen water on the red giant, but turns out there there might be water in liquid form as well! NASA’s Curiosity rover has uncovered new evidence:

mars with water
At long last, researchers on the Curiosity Mars rover’s science team believe they have evidence that there is liquid water on the Red Planet, lurking just beneath the surface of our neighbor’s rouge surface. The water in the Martian soil seems to gather intermittently and is a very salty brine, making it perhaps suitable for everyone’s favorite retro pet — sea monkeys! Very, very hearty sea monkeys that could withstand the superharsh environment on the fourth planet, that is.

Read the full story at CNet

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