NASA To Make Huge Announcement About "Mars Mystery"
Could we have found water on the Red Planet?
NASA have announced that it is going to be holding a special conference later today in order to publicise the latest major science finding from its Mars exploration mission. Now, generally speaking, whenever there is some kind of announcement about Mars, everyone immediately cries "WATER", but this time it could be the real deal. Amongst the experts scheduled to speak at this conference are Alfred McEwen of the University of Arizona and Lujendra Ojha of the Georgia Institute of Technology - both of whom have been instrumental in the study of water on Mars, so their presence indicates that this could be what all the fuss is about. There is evidence to suggest that Mars was once a warm, wet planet, with a large ocean to the north and some scientists even speculate that there could still be a large subterranean ocean beneath its surface. However, if we were to discover that the red planet had free-flowing surface water, it would dramatically alter the nature of our explorations and would put us way closer to actually sending people there to explore it and perhaps even live on it. It also vastly increases the chances that there could already be life on Mars, maybe Bowie was right after all? Let's not get too excited until the broadcast, but it sounds promising. Stay tuned. The announcement is set to air on NASA TV at 11:30am Eastern Time, that's 4:30pm UK time (GMT+1).