Best Places On Mars For Droplets, & Shallow Flows Of Liquid Water - Where Microbial Life May Flourish

This is an exciting field which developed over just the last six years or so. There are many academic papers - but I haven't been able to find a good overview of the field in non technical language. So, let's have a go at that. I'll draw heavily on Nilton Renno's technical overview from last year, together with more recent results.Let's start with the Flow Like Features associated with the dark dune spots in the southern polar region. These are less well known than some of the other candidates but rather interesting, as the best explanation involves melt water at 0°C, warm for liquid water on Mars, also (at its source) pure fresh water, unusually for Mars. read more

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