Discovery of water biggest sign yet of life on Mars

Scientists, using a satellite, discovered the large reservoir beneath layers of dust and ice near the south pole of Mars Source: USGS Astrogeology Center

Scientists have discovered a huge, 20-kilometre-wide lake of liquid water lying beneath the southern ice cap of Mars.

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The Italian Space Agency says a body of liquid water has been detected on Mars for the first time.

Using a radar instrument on an orbiting spacecraft, scientists have spotted an apparent salt-laden lake under ice on the southern polar plain of Mars, a body of water they call a possible habitat for microbial life.

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