It’s as if salty tears of joy are streaking Mars’ dusty face while the planet struggles to contain its emotion. A bit melodramatic? Perhaps, but news of water on Mars has recently grabbed the red planet an impressive amount of fanfare.

For a team of scientists, their finding was simply an incremental step in research confirming what they considered to be a forgone conclusion. But it quickly ballooned into a massive story that captured the public’s imagination. Full Article »