Mars might have liquid water – Niels Bohr Institute - University of Copenhagen
Researchers have long known that there was water in the form of ice on Mars. Now, new research from NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity shows that it is possible that there is liquid water close to the surface of Mars. The explanation is that the substance perchlorate has been found in the soil, which lowers the freezing point so the water does not freeze into ice, but is liquid and present in very salty salt water – a brine. The results are published in the scientific journal Nature.
CiarĂ¡n Quinn, Research Librarian, Maynooth University. ciaran.quinn@mu.ie
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