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Life on Mars? The search for life on our neighbouring planet may have taken a step forward as a large lake of liquid water is detected. The fact that it exists raises the prospect of other liquid water that could be warmer and less salty. The lake’s depth is not known however, and scientists say it could be very shallow and murky. Mars is now cold and dry but dried-out lake beds and river valleys point to an abundance of water more than three billion years ago. There has also been evidence of recent water activity - such as long, dark streaks appearing on steep slopes - but never of stable bodies of water.