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Featured articleWater on Mars: The Story So Far
By Charles Q. ChoiOct. 14, 2016

About one-fifth of Mars was once underwater, raising the prospects for life.

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An artist’s impression of what Mars might have looked like with water, when any potential Martian microbes would have evolved.
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