NASA spacecraft flies over gullies on Mars. They could host pools.

NASA spacecraft flies over gullies on Mars. They could host pools.

Mars’ irradiated surface is a godforsaken place. And yet there may be shallow pools of water near the Martian surface, a place 1,000 times drier than the driest desert on Earth. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter — a satellite that’s been orbiting Mars for nearly two decades — spotted white material lining dry gullies on Mars….