Reconnaissance Orbiter Reveals Details of a Wetter Mars
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 13:49
in Astronomy & Space
(PhysOrg.com) -- 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.