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Nasa Confirms Evidence That Liquid Water Flows on Today's Mars

By NASA
September 28, 2015
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Hale Crater, Mars — These dark, narrow, 100 meter-long streaks called recurring slope lineae flowing downhill on Mars are inferred to have been formed by contemporary flowing water. Recently, planetary scientists detected hydrated salts on these slopes at Hale crater, corrob

Credit: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona

New findings from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.

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