Gale Crater on Mars was Once a Big Lake

[Anomalocaris]

Ancient Mars Had Long-Lasting Lakes, Boosting Chances for Life

Ancient Mars harbored long-lasting lakes, boosting the odds that life could have existed on the Red Planet billions of years ago, a new study suggests.

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Edited October 9, 2015 by Anomalocaris

[Merc14]

Curiosity has truly done an amazing job of scouting out how Mars developed and what the present conditions on the red planet are. This is the knowledge that will lead to manned settlements by the turn of the century.

[seeder]

Mystery of Martian pebbles is solved: Their shape and smoothness prove they were carried up to 30 MILES along a river bed

Curiosity rover recently discovered a selection of small rounded pebbles

Their shape suggested they formed in rivers or streams on the red planet

Reconstructions found pebbles became rounded as they slid on a river bed

And experts now believe these pebbles may have travelled 30 miles (50km)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3270928/Mystery-Martian-pebbles-solved-shape-smoothness-proves-carried-30-MILES-river-bed.html#ixzz3oXRYCNYI

[Anomalocaris]

Great discovery. On the one hand, this increases the chances of alien life on ancient Mars, and secondly this technique can be used on other planets in order to discover other ancient rivers beyond Earth.

Thanks for the update

Edited October 14, 2015 by Anomalocaris