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More evidence Mars once had water emerges from old Spirit rover data

More than 20 years after NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars, a researcher from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has uncovered new evidence that suggests water may once have covered large parts of the red planet.

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More than 20 years after NASA's Spirit rover landed on Mars, a researcher from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has uncovered new evidence that suggests water may once have covered large parts of the red planet. ECU Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research Professor Paulo de Souza, who worked on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, has discovered mineral clues that had remained hidden in rover data for decades.

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