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This past week's top stories here on iTech Post includes the rumored Tesla phone, Amazon raising the salaries of its employees, and numerous NASA-related updates.

It was previously thought that there was an abundant water resource on Mars 3 billion years ago. However, it was recently discovered that water was present significantly later.

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Caltech found evidence of water on Mars, previously flowing longer than what people initially believed.

An analysis of large salt deposits on Mars indicates that ponds of liquid water existed on the Red Planet for about a billion years longer than previously believed.Hundreds of deposits of sodium chloride (table salt) stretching tens to hundreds of sq

Caltech scientists studying data from NASA`s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found signs of liquid water on the Red Planet as recently as 2 billion to 2.5 billion years ago, meaning water flowed there about a billion years longer than previous estimates.

Washington, Jan 27 (IANS) It is commonly believed that water on Mars evaporated about 3 billion years ago.

Mars today is marked by its endless red desert plains. But it was not always like that. There was water and it flowed on its surface longer than previously estimated, a new research by NASA says.

Two scientists studying data from NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter found signs of liquid water on the Red Planet.

New evidence finds substantial water on Mars flowed as recently as 2 billion years ago.

The planet once rippled with rivers and ponds, providing a potential habitat for microbial life. As the planet’s atmosphere thinned over time, that water evaporated.