Thursday, July 31, 2008

Science is Cool: Water on Mars!


Image from source, MSNBC

Now if they'd only find some Martians!

[Excerpt]

The Phoenix spacecraft has tasted Martian water for the first time, scientists reported Thursday.

By melting icy soil in one of its lab instruments, the robot confirmed the presence of frozen water lurking below the Martian permafrost. Until now, evidence of ice in Mars' north pole region has been largely circumstantial. . .

Read more (with video) at: MSNBC

Thanks once again to Stupid Monkey Planet for the link.

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