article_snippet.sent: But by peering beneath the surfaces of other worlds, scientists are quickly realising that water may actually be much more commonplace than thought.
article_snippet.sent: ‘Nasa science activities have provided a wave of amazing findings related to water in recent years that inspire us to continue investigating us origins and the fascinating possibilities for other worlds, and life, in the universe,’ she said.
article_snippet.sent: Some may say that there could be other forms of life that don’t need water -
article_snippet.sent: , it makes sense to look for wet environments to discover if we are alone or not.
article_snippet.sent: As Nasa missions explore our solar system and search for new worlds, Nasa missions are finding water in surprising places,’ Nasa said in a statement.
article_snippet.sent: Water is but one piece of our search for habitable planets and life beyond Earth, yet Water links many seemingly unrelated worlds in surprising ways.
article_snippet.sent: The signature of water can be seen in the giant molecular clouds between stars, or in disks of material in young planetary systems.
article_snippet.sent: Signs of water have also been spotted in craters on Mercury, while Signs of water appears that Mars was at least once wet - and may still have occasional brief rivers of water on its surface.
article_snippet.sent: Nasa recently announced that it is now thought Mars once had more water than the Arctic Ocean on Earth, shown in this illustration.
article_snippet.sent: Almost of more water than the Arctic Ocean on Earth has gone today, leaving an active world of icy geysers barren and dry .
article_snippet.sent: It's easy to forget that the story of Earth's water, from gentle rains to raging rivers, is intimately connected to the larger story of ’ Nasa and beyond,’ Nasa’s
article_snippet.sent: But ’ Nasa came from somewhere - every world in ’
article_snippet.sent: Nasa got Earth's water from the same shared source.
article_snippet.sent: So it's worth considering that the next glass of water you drink could easily have been part of a comet, or an ocean moon, or a long-vanished sea on the surface of Mars.
article_snippet.sent: And note that the night sky may be full of exoplanets formed by similar processes to our home world, where gentle waves wash against the shores of alien seas.
highlights_snippet.sent: Nasa scientists in California say Nasa scientists in California solar system is full of water .
  