Dark, finger-like features that appear and extend down some Martian slopes during the warmest months of the Mars year may show activity of salty water on Mars. They fade in winter, then recur the next spring. Repeated observations by the HiRISE camera currently orbiting Mars aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have tracked seasonal changes...
An international team of astronomers led by the California Institute of Technology and involving the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe. The distant quasar is one of the most powerful known objects in the universe and has an energy output of 1,000...
(NAPSI)—Maybe it’s not such a small world. By 2050, the world is expected to be home to 9 billion people. Water will be the biggest limiting factor in the ability to feed this growing global population. Less than 1/10 of 1 percent of the world’s water is freshwater, suitable for drinking and for agricultural...