Thanks to Obama

Liquid water found on Mars. What a time to be alive! pic.twitter.com/IrwIxrlkVc

— Justice Don Willett (@JusticeWillett) January 9, 2016

My Matt Damon for your glass of water: The art of the deal

Oh shit, I just realized that water on Mars means Matt Damon might survive

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) September 28, 2015

Blood Moon over DC

Water on Mars

Breaking Bad Prediction Pans Out

It (NASA's Curiosity rover) discovered water in Martian soil. NASA scientists just published five papers in Science detailing the experiments that led to the discovery. That's right. There's water on Mars.

... the discovery comes with some caveats.

... it found water molecules bound to other minerals in Martian soil. There's kind of a lot of it, too. Researchers say that every cubic foot of Martian soil contains about two pints of liquid water. All things told, about two percent of the Martian soil is made of up water.

The discovery is important for a number of reasons, but especially exciting because of what this means for future missions to Mars. "We now know there should be abundant, easily accessible water on Mars," says Leshin. "When we send people, they could scoop up the soil anywhere on the surface, heat it just a bit, and obtain water."

Gizmodo  (Video after the jump)