Mars water announcement: Nasa's findings could indicate that there are habitable environments on Red Planet, experts say
Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Nasa’s discovery of water on Mars “points to environments that could potentially be habitable to certain kinds of bacteria”, according to an expert. “On Earth, wherever we find water, we find life,” said Joe Michalski, a Mars researcher at the Natural History Museum London, who was not involved in the research. The finding could indicate that there are places on the planet that are habitable to certain kinds of bacteria — the most likely form of life that we would find on the planet. “This finding is yet another example of water on Mars, but a hugely important one because it points to environments that could potentially be habitable to certain kinds of bacteria, even today.
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