Scientists Find , Further Evidence of , Water on Mars.<br />New evidence suggests that Mars <br />may be home to liquid water. .<br />'The Independent' reports that the finding represents <br />a major breakthrough in the search for proof of water <br />on Mars and potential alien life on the red planet.<br />According to scientists, this is the first time <br />that evidence of water has been found <br />using data that did not come from radar.<br />Researchers used lasers on spacecraft <br />to identify small changes in <br />the height of the Martian ice caps.<br />Those patterns were then compared to <br />a computer model used to predict how a body <br />of water would change the surface of the ice caps.<br />The team's findings reportedly provide<br />a second piece of evidence that Mars <br />possesses liquid water under its South Pole.<br />The research was led by the University <br />of Cambridge and included scientists from <br />the Open University and the University of Sheffield.<br />The team's paper, 'Surface topographic impact of <br />subglacial water beneath the south polar ice cap <br />of Mars,’ was published in the journal 'Nature Astronomy.'.<br />This study gives the best indication yet <br />that there is liquid water on Mars today <br />because it means that two of the key <br />pieces of evidence we would look for <br />when searching for subglacial lakes <br />on Earth have now been found on Mars, Dr Frances Butcher, second author of the study from <br />the University of Sheffield, via 'The Independent'.<br />Liquid water is an essential ingredient <br />for life, although it does not necessarily <br />mean that life exists on Mars, Dr Frances Butcher, second author of the study from <br />the University of Sheffield, via 'The Independent'
