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Edited by Sean Conrad: 9/30/2015 11:33:57 PM
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LIQUID WATER ON MARS!

NASA just announced they found liquid water on Mars! Before they found strong evidence of organic compounds and now they just found liquid water. This is as close to discovering life as we can get without actually discovering it! One step closer! This has to be one of the most exciting discoveries in space exploration in years. Great work NASA! Edit: This also makes the possibility of a Mars colony a lot easier! One step closer from expanding from 1 planet to 2! Edit: NASA believe the water is probably very salty. That's most likely the only way liquid water could exist. [spoiler]That means we can actually say the forums are salty like the water on Mars!!![/spoiler] Edit: I'm reading news about it as its coming out. Some scientists are think that terraforming Mars could be easier and faster if we have a source of liquid water! THIS IS HUGE! Edit: More than 1100 comments! Very cool! Our solar system is but a grain of sand in an endless sea of aw and wonder and yet we as humans have only begun to open the door to a universe filled with infinite possibilities. Being the most intelligent species in a solar system is like being the king of a chair. It means nothing, and yet it is everything we know. [b][u]TL;DR[/u][/b]: NASA made a huge discovery by finding proof of liquid water on Mars which is a perfect environment for life.

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  • Actually NASA has known for years that there is water on Mars, as both poles are frozen water. What they have discovered is that there is water that flows over the planet from time to time. The water that flows over the planet doesn't freeze because it has a high salt content. They are still unsure where this water comes from - be it underground aquifers or the high salt content pulling water out of the atmosphere - but now that liquid water has been confirmed the theory that life forms could potentially live on Mars is more plausible. Probably underground, probably single celled.

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