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3 more lakes have been found on Mars — anyone home? – The Next Web
Mars has engaged the human mind with thoughts of alien life for more than a century. We now know water lies beneath the Martian surface in the form of ice, and …
Mars was once a water-rich world, but liquid water cannot exist on the Martian surface today due to the thin Martian atmosphere. In order for water to remain liquid under current conditions, these subsurface lakes would likely need to be extremely salty.
If confirmed by other studies, these would be the first known liquid water lakes ever found on the surface of Mars, potentially making them abodes for Martian life.
When evidence for the first lake was reported two years ago, the discovery was…
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