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EARTHDATE: September 29, 2013

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REAL LIFE NEWS: WATER FOUND ON MARS

by Hazed

The Curiosity rover has now found definite signs of water on Mars, according to reports a few days ago.

Curiosity’s first analysis of Martian soil has come from a sandy patch of ground with a level surface, called “Rocknest”. The rover has used various tools to analyse the soil, including a gas chromotograph, a mass spectrometer and a tunable laser spectrometer, which allow it to identify chemical compounds found in the sample.

The results show the presence of water, carbon dioxide, oxygen and sulphur compounds.

Scientists have always thought that water should be abundant, and easily accessible, on Mars, and now this proves it. It means that when we send humans to the planet, they will be able to get water out of the soil simply by heating it up a little bit.

Great news!

Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-205_162-57604814/water-discovered-in-mars-surface-layer/

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