‘Martian’ meteorites smashed open to prove Red Planet was wetter than we thought

Research into simulated Martian meteorites indicates that Mars was once far wetter than we thought. The implications of this study are huge as it not only means that Mars could have supported life in the past, but could potentially do so again in future.

Scientists have long studied whether Mars held any substantial bodies of water as this would definitively prove that the planet was once at least capable of supporting life, even if life never actually fully formed.