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Hugh Bollinger
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Follow the water

With economic woes taking away attention, it's not hard to understand why a major scientific discovery would slip under the radar. However, researchers at JPL and NASA have announced the best evidence yet that liquid water currently exists on Mars. On south-facing crater walls near the Martian equator, their evidence shows that a salty brine seeps down slopes in summer. This time-lapse series of graphics show one location where water has been seen by the orbiting HiRise cameras: [caption id="attachment_6254" align="aligncenter" width="636" caption="Liquid water detected on Mars (credit: JPL/NASA"][/caption] It has long been said that to find life elsewhere in the solar system or beyond you need "to follow the water". This discovery on Mars shows one of the best places to start looking. WHB
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