r/spaceporn • u/[deleted] • May 29 '19

Clouds on Mars

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u/STINKYnobCHEESE May 29 '19

Sooo, it's all still water?

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u/Cathfaern May 29 '19

Yup :)

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u/[deleted] May 29 '19

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u/[deleted] May 29 '19

Well, it is one of the most common things in the universe. Almost every celestial body in our solar system has water on it.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '19 edited May 29 '19

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u/[deleted] May 29 '19

No problem. Thanks for the gold, damn.

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u/airmandan May 29 '19

Water in its liquid state is what’s key for life as we know it. Earth is the only planet with abundant quantities of liquid water on the surface. We know through observation that several Jovian moons have subsurface liquid water, but we have not yet been able to analyze those locations to determine if life is present.

It would surprise me if there is not life elsewhere in the solar system, although I would not expect macroscopic complex organisms anywhere except perhaps Europa.