The Red Planet
Updated: August 05, 2008
Is there really water on Mars? NASA says new images of liquid-like deposits on the Red Planet could prove it. Bright, unusual-colored tracks in the planet's red soil suggest water may have rushed across the surface sometime in the past decade, leading scientists to believe there's still life on Mars yet to be discovered.
Get the latest images and videos from Mars, including a interactive that shows videos about the Phoenix lander, a robot device that discovered the evidence of water. You can also check out images and an update on the Mars rover, The Spirit, which landed in 2004.
The Phoenix robot journeys to the Martian North Pole. Find out what this Mars lander can do and how it works.

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