Mars and the Search for Life
- ISBN-10
- 0618766952
- ISBN-13
- 9780618766956
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction
- Pages
- 60
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Elaine Scott
Description
Presents the latest information about Mars, discussing the growing body of evidence that water--and therefore the potential for life--was present on Mars at one time in the past.
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