water ACTUALLY found on mars?

[blink138]

a report on this mornings radio that curiosity had actually found liquid water?
anything on this at all people?
pat

[Shiraz]

that seems to be the case!!
http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/ngeo2412.html

no lakes or puddles, but exciting just the same - thanks for the heads up

[Slawomir]

That is awesome. Thank you for sharing.

[Eden]

The fact that there is some brine on the surface is a promising indication that there could be larger amounts of water below the surface, perhaps in the cave systems and collapsed lava tubes like those found at Pavonis Mons.

[csb]

It seems not actual water but only "evidence of transient water" (Thanks for the link Ray).

The article seems to state the analysis of soil samples shows that there is evidence of water formation in the top 5cm of the subsurface of soil which then evaporates in the morning sunrise. So not liquid water found just evidence of water formation, not even enough to be directly detected.

[jenchris]

I expect they landed the rover in the equivalent of the Atacama desert.
The ocean is about 400 miles away.