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Water evidence points to life on Mars |
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Thursday, 07 December 2006 |
Signs that water has flowed on Mars in the last seven years are adding weight to the theory that there may be life on the red planet. Latest photo’s from Nasa show new material deposits in previously assessed gullys, showing proof of water movement.Evidence from Nasa's Mars Global Surveyor suggests that water has transported sediment through the channels during the last seven years.
Michael Meyer, lead scientist for Nasa's Washington-based Mars exploration programme said: "These observations give the strongest evidence to date that water still flows occasionally on the surface of Mars."
Because Mars' atmosphere is so thin and the temperature so cold, liquid water is quickly evaporated or frozen, but researchers contend that the water movements displayed in the photographs taken by the recently used Mars orbiter camera are proof that water can remain in liquid form long enough to carry debris down a slope.
The freshly found deposits, which are in the Terra Sirenum and Centauri Montes regions of southern Mars are each several hundred metres long.
Contact has been lost with the Mars Global Surveyor since November, but the probe has defied Nasa expectations by far outlasting its predicted lifespan.
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