New Evidence Suggests Mars Had Lakes Of Water For Thousands Of Years

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This previous illustration shows what the Gale Crater lake might have looked like. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/MSSS.

It seems that scientists just can’t get enough of Mars at the moment. Fresh off the back of the discovery of salty water on its surface, new research suggests that lakes may have once been present – specifically at the Gale Crater, the location of the Curiosity rover.