Mars Lander Sees Falling Snow On Red Planet, Soil Data Suggest Liquid Past
Monday, September 29, 2008 - 21:35
in Astronomy & Space
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has detected snow falling from Martian clouds. Spacecraft soil experiments also have provided evidence of past interaction between minerals and liquid water, processes that occur on Earth.
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