NASA says rover's Mars landing site was once covered with water

The landing site of the Mars rover Curiosity was once covered with
fast-moving and possibly waist-high water that could have possibly
supported life, NASA scientists have announced.
NASA says rover's Mars landing site was once covered with water Art-Mars1-620x349

NASA says rover's Mars landing site was once covered with water Art-Mars1-620x349

While planetary scientists have often speculated that the
now-desiccated surface of Mars was once wet, Curiosity cameras provided
the first proof that flowing water was present on a least one part of
Mars for "thousands or millions of years".

The early finding led Mars Science Laboratory mission top
scientist John Grotzinger to conclude that Curiosity had already found a
potentially "habitable" site — a central goal of the mission — well
before heading to its primary destination.

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NASA says rover's Mars landing site was once covered with water

NASA says rover's Mars landing site was once covered with water

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