Water and robots on Mars chosen as tops in 2004 by &#39;Science&#39;
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The conclusive discovery by a pair of wheeled robots that Mars once had vast pools of water and possibly could have harbored life was chosen by the editors of
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Water once covered thousands of square miles of Mars, creating an ancient environment that hints at the possibility that life might be present there yet today, scientists reported.
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With each passing day, those peppy robots on Mars - Spirit and Opportunity - churn out extraordinary new views of the red planet. Each android is over a year in operation, relaying a steady stream of eye-catching photos.
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Scientists analysing data from the Mars exploration Rover missions believe water was involved in the formation of rocks on the planet.
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The most dramatic findings so far from NASA&#39;s twin Mars rovers -- telltale evidence for a wet and possibly habitable environment in the arid planet&#39;s past -- passed rigorous scientific scrutiny for publication in a major research journal.
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Mars rover Spirit has found its own compelling evidence that liquid water flowed at its landing site on the Red Planet.
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Images from a European space probe reveal recent glacial deposits and lava flows on Mars that suggest the red planet is more active than many scientists had thought.
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NASA&#39;s Mars rovers have uncovered more tantalizing evidence of a watery past on the Red Planet, scientists said Wednesday. And the rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, are continuing to do their jobs months after they were expected to ...
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Description: Scientists exploring Mars via the rover &#39;Opportunity&#39; published 11 papers detailing the progress of the research being done in an area called Meridiani Planum.
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NASA's Spirit and Opportunity have been exploring Mars about three times as long as originally scheduled. The more they look, the more evidence of past liquid water on Mars these robots discover.
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The Mars rovers have found fresh evidence that water was plentiful in both the hills and plains of the now-barren Red Planet, scientists at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Thursday.
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An orbiting spacecraft has sent back new evidence for the presence of water on Mars. Scientists long have debated whether water flowed on the red planet, with evidence increasing in recent years. The presence of water would raise the possibility of at least primitive life forms existing there.
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After months of crossing a vast Martian crater floor and zigzagging up low-slung hills, NASA&#39;s Spirit rover has spotted its first hint that water once coursed across the now-desert-like region, scientists said Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 7  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft this month is set to surpass the record for the most science data returned by any Mars spacecraft.
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The discovery that Mars could have supported life billions of years ago has been ranked by the editors of international journal Science as the most important scientific achievement of 2004.
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Images taken by NASA's Mars Global  Surveyor spacecraft suggest the presence of liquid water on the  Martian surface, a tantalizing find for scientists wondering if  the Red Planet ever has harbored life.
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After studying thousands of images from Mars, scientists now are convinced that liquid water once flowed on the surface of the red planet, increasing the odds that life may have existed there in the distant past.