By David A. Fahrenthold
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, August 1, 2008
After years of proposing, theorizing and deducing that there is water on Mars — at least in the form of ice — NASA scientists said yesterday they have finally confirmed it, after the Phoenix lander detected traces of water vapor wafting off a scoop of Martian dirt, researchers said yesterday.
“It’s something we’ve been waiting quite a while for,” said William Boynton of the University of Arizona, describing how an tiny “oven” on the lander heated the dirt until ice mixed with it evaporated. “We’ve now finally touched it and tasted it.”
See they’ve been searching for water for a while now, starting with the Moon.
PS: It’s a solar eclipse today 1 August, which thanks to NASA you could watch online from the UK. But if you missed it here’s my animoto version.