25 Cool Facts About Water On Mars

The search for water on Mars has been a long and arduous journey, but a very rewarding and fulfilling one. Less than 50 years ago, scientists could only speculate about the presence of water on the Red Planet. These days, scientists have found multiple pieces of evidence that water firstly - did exist on Mars - and secondly - still does exist. The discovery of the polar ice caps was one of the first confirmations of water on the planet, albeit in frozen form. Fast-forward a few years and scientists found evidence of more frozen water below the surface (closer to the equator) and even flowing salty water on the planet's surface. (Also, excitingly, scientists believe there are channels on Mars where water ten times greater than the average discharge of the Amazon River, the largest on Earth, was discharged.) The search for water on Mars is a worthwhile endeavor, largely because where there's water, life has the possibility to exist. In search of that, the year 2020 will see a new NASA rover take off from Earth to look for evidence of life formerly existing on the planet. For these and other exciting facts about H20 on Mars, strap on your spacesuit because here are 25 Facts About Water on Mars.
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The first credible assumptions of water on Mars
The first evidence of liquid water on Mars
Mars has likely harbored life
Water escaped into space
There is still saltwater on Mars
"Follow the water"
The biggest flood in the solar system
Subsurface water found from space
Water is trapped as ice on Mars
Extensive global warming could turn Mars into a massive swimming pool
The composition of the ice caps
Evidence of an ancient lake
Water is not just frozen in the ice caps
Evidence for Martian rivers and lakes
Frequent ice ages affect the amount of available water on Mars
Liquid water can't currently exist on Mars
A malfunction leads to a breakthrough
A waterflow 100 times greater than the Mississippi River
One of the smoothest places in the solar system
Hot springs may have existed on Mars
A rover finds liquid water globules
Snow falls on Mars!
Real snow falls on Mars, too!
Examining meteorites from signs of water
Mars is inhospitable to liquid water
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