Tuesday, October 28, 2008

NASA Orbiter Reveals Details of a Moister Mars

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 28, @03:30PM

from the alliteration-makes-me-happy dept.
MarsScience
Matt_dk writes"NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has observed a new category of minerals spread across large regions of Mars. This discovery suggests that liquid water remained on the planet's surface a billion years later than scientists believed, and it played an important role in shaping the planet's surface and possibly hosting life."
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