A group of scientists who worked on the Phoenix Mars lander last year said they have found evidence of liquid salt water on the red planet, according to dpa. An analysis of photographs from the lander that explored Mars for six months shows drops of what could be salty, liquid water on the legs of the lander. They believe the droplets were kicked up from just below the planet's surface when Phoenix landed in May and said they grew and merged over time much as water particles would do. The findings are to be presented in a report, The Physical and Thermodynamic Evidence for Liquid Water on Mars, at an astronomy conference in Texas on Monday.
