The presence or lack thereof, of water on Mars has been a point of contention and much debate and trepidation of scientists for decades. However, NASA’s Mars Rover has now discovered martial soil which shows that water must have existed on the red planet relatively “recently”, as in… in the past million years, give or take.

This new finding means that Mars may have been sculpted by water and may prove to be more habitable than previously thought. It also provides for yet another fact that needs to be factored in for future missions.