New Delhi: NASA scientists have finally found evidence of water on the Martian surface and Google is elated about it.
For long astrophysicists have hypothesised that the seasonal streaks, dubbed ‘recurring slope lineae’ (RSL), may be formed by brine flows on the Red Planet.
A team from the United States and France said it found evidence in the lines of "hydrated" salt minerals, which require water for their creation. These results "strongly support the hypothesis" of liquid water on Mars today, concluded a research paper published in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Celebrating the discovery, Google has posted a cute animated doodle of the Red planet sneakily slurping on a glass filled of water. The doodle is visible on Google homepages across the world.
It is widely accepted that the Red Planet once hosted plentiful water in liquid form, and still has water today, albeit frozen in ice underground.
Earlier this year, NASA said almost half of Mars' northern hemisphere had once been an ocean, reaching depths greater than 1.6 kilometres. But 87 per cent of the precious substance was lost to space.
With inputs from AFP
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