Tuesday, March 02, 2004

Slashdot | NASA Says Mars Once Drenched With Water

Slashdot | NASA Says Mars Once Drenched With Water: "NASA is currently holding a press conference (carried live on NASA TV) where they are discussing findings from the Mars rovers. They are saying that the crater that the second rover has landed in has convincing evidence that it was once drenched or covered in liquid water. They cite the tiny spherules, odd holes in the rocks, sulfur in the spectrometric analyses, and evidence of an iron sulfate hydrate (a hydrate is a chemical compound which includes water molecules in the crystal lattice). Update: 03/02 19:45 GMT by M: CNN has a story, or see the NASA press release."

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