Life on Mars?

ANCHOR:
An exciting find in the field of space exploration. Let's take a look at what NASA's Mars Phoenix Lander found on the Red Planet.

STORY:
Scientists are calling it a major discovery. The Mars Phoenix Lander has found ice on the surface of the Red Planet.

The proof came in a series of pictures sent back by Phoenix of a trench it dug with its robotic arm at the arctic circle of Mars, Earth's closet planetary neighbor.

The pictures show chunks of white material that are seen to melt away over the course of several days.

[Peter Smith, Phoenix Lander Principal Investigator]:
"To me this is tremendously important because our entire mission is built around studying the properties of the ice, whether it is melted, whether this represents a habitable zone on Mars."

The presence of water on Mars is crucial because it is a key to the question of whether life exists or has ever existed on Mars.

NASA scientists caution that this latest discovery is only the first step in the primary mission of Phoenix-- to determine whether water has flowed on Mars and if life exists on the planet at any level.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• ntd
• mars
• life
• space
• exploration
• NASA
• Mars
• phoenix
• lander
• red
• planet

[beneehall]

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[princeace13]

guys space is a ever lasting box lol filled with billions of planets.. dont u think at least 1 has other life on it besides earth? i mean cmon watch some futurama :p

[corporationation]

@beneehall Lol, that's cute!

[911waba]

it says life on mars..not alien on mars...:(

i wanna see aliens...xP

[themixedarts]

@911waba None they want to realse anyway.

[ArticVulpes]

@DeathUponMisanthropy Fooled me.

[DeathUponMisanthropy]

@ArticVulpes I was just being sarcastic.

[ArticVulpes]

@DeathUponMisanthropy Lol just trying to make it clear they said ice. I thought it'd be clear since even the caption said ice!

[DeathUponMisanthropy]

@ArticVulpes Geez calm your titties.

[ArticVulpes]

@DeathUponMisanthropy I-C-E. ICE. Not EYES.

[DeathUponMisanthropy]

EYYEEEEEEEEES??

[markzilla6969]

damn, i was expecting a bowie music vid :(