Due to extreme temperatures and the dryness of #Mars, it's thought to be impossible for liquid #water to form on the #planet's surface, a critical precondition for #habitability.
The only hope of finding liquid water appears to be in the form of brines, which are liquids with high concentrations of salts that can freeze at much lower temperatures.
Melting frost presents the best chance to find liquid brines on Mars, but there's a catch: frost on Mars tends to sublimate quickly, which means it transitions from a solid to a gas without spending time in a liquid state due to Mars' unique atmospheric conditions.
However, there appears to be brief window in late winter and early spring when the conditions were right for the formation of brines.
#astrobiology
https://phys.org/news/2025-07-liquid-brines-mars-surface-seasonal.html