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NASA has been looking for the signs of water and hence life on the Mars and they did find evidence of ancient lakes that no longer exist (paleolakes) there.
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But a new study suggests that still more than 70% of lakes on Mars which are smaller lakes, haven’t yet been detected.
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The earlier belief that the Mars craters housed its paleo lakes is now doubtful. Scientists admit that most of Mars’ paleo lakes haven’t been located till now.
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Scientists are now sceptical about correlating the presence of water and life on Mars directly. It’s because the nature of water on Earth is different from that of the Mars.
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The nature of lakes itself is different between the two planets. Mars doesn’t house lakes on high altitudes in the form of ice like Earth does.
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Martian lakes are quite unique and peculiar. It’s quite different from that of the Earth. A major reason for this is that Mars’ gravity is only 40% that of the Earth.
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Weaker gravity, no vegetation, and lesser sunlight, makes Mars’ lakes murkier and a lot more salty. Thus, it cannot be claimed that Martian waters supported life.
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