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New research says liquid water is unlikely to be found on Mars anytime soon

Two of the most discussed observations of potential liquid water activity on the surface of Mars. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2321067121 More than 100 years ago, astronomer Percival Lowell proposed the existence of canals on Mars designed to redistribute water from the planet’s ice sheets to lower, drier latitudes. This necessarily meant the presence…