Mars Mystery Solved - So Why Are Hydrated Salts Such Strong Evidence For Flowing Water - And What Next?

Now we know, it's the second of those two mysteries I suggested in the "Three mysteries" they might have solved - detection of water in the RSLs.  However, they didn't directly detect flowing water. Instead, they found hydrated salts. So let's look at this a bit more closely - why are they so confident this is evidence for flowing water? And what next - is there any way to follow it up, and what about the other mysteries? read more

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