Curiosity Rover finds new indications of water on Mars

By Rachel Feltman
Updated December 29 2014 - 9:13am, first published December 9 2014 - 1:09pm
An artist's impression of Gale Crater on Mars.  Photo: Reuters/NASA
An artist's impression of Gale Crater on Mars. Photo: Reuters/NASA
An artist's impression of Gale Crater on Mars.  Photo: Reuters/NASA
An artist's impression of Gale Crater on Mars. Photo: Reuters/NASA
An artist's impression of Gale Crater on Mars.  Photo: Reuters/NASA
An artist's impression of Gale Crater on Mars. Photo: Reuters/NASA
An artist's impression of Gale Crater on Mars.  Photo: Reuters/NASA
An artist's impression of Gale Crater on Mars. Photo: Reuters/NASA

Washington: New information from NASA's Curiosity Rover suggests that Mars might once have had large, long-lasting lakes above ground. That would challenge the more popular theory that water on the planet was only underground, or appeared in only a few areas for a short time.

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