space.com - 10/28/2008
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Mars may have been wet for a billion years longer than previously thought, new water-related opal evidence from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter suggests. The findings have implications for the possibility that Mars once supported life. Scientists have known for some time that the 4.5 ...
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The Opals that the Martian Sea Left in its Wake [Space Porn]
io9 —
... in Laurel, Md. "The identification of opaline silica tells us that water may have existed as recently as 2 billion years ago." Assuming that water is a prerequisite for life, there might have been life forms on Mars as recently as a couple of billion years ago. That's long before homo sapiens evolved, of course, but it could mean that we might still find fossils from that life. Or even the descendents of it, living in urban hives beneath those opal beaches. New Signs that Ancient Mars Was Wet [via Space.com]
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New Signs That Ancient Mars Was Wet
"These opaline silicates were detected by MRO's ...
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