"Astronomers have long suspected water in the polar icecaps and an American spacecraft three years ago used indirect methods to detect its presence. But Mars Express has confirmed the find directly and begun the first detailed examination."
"Mars was once much more like Earth: it had active volcanos and probably a denser atmosphere. It may also have been scoured by seas and rivers. And - if controversial evidence found in 1996 within a Martian meteorite is anything to go by - it may once have been home to life."




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