Is Earth the only place water has been found?

Answer 1

Nope. It has been found on comets and in nebulae far, far from Earth.

Water has a specific resonant frequency which can be detected all over the place since Hydrogen is so thoroughly abundant in the universe and Oxygen's not so rare either.

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eri: Spectrographic study of the ice caps on Mars do show trace amounts of water ice on the north pole.

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_snow_011206-1.html

Answer 2

Provably found? Yes.

Spectral analysis of other planets, particularly the caps
of Mars and some of the Jovian moons, shows that it is
VERY likely that these places have water as well.

And we've seen evidence of meteors that gave off
the right spectrum of light when entering our atmosphere
to indicate they had ice on them.

There is even some likelihood that there is water on the
moon (under the poles).

However, the only place of the above we have actually
gone to and taken samples from is the Moon. There was
no water in those samples. We have not seen any water
in what was left of the meteors that actually hit earth.

Answer 3

Nope. There are oceans of water under miles of ice on Jupiter's moon Europa, and on Saturn's moon Eureprases (sp?). Also, we have evidence that there is still some water under the surface of Mars.

EDIT: Those above are liquid water. Water in gasous form is found throughout the universe. We have NOT found water on the Moon, and the ice caps on Mars are actually frozen carbon dioxide.

Answer 4

Yes. The rest of the known solar system is as dry as the Sahara.

There may be polar ice caps on Mars, but until we get a closer look, nobody knows.

Comets are a combination of dirt and ice -- but that's frozen gases, not frozen water.

Answer 5

Hi bets, what gave you that idea?

H2O is a common substance in our universe, although to find it in such abundance and in liquid form is right now reserved to our planet. But we know so little about the universe... many planets out there.

Hydrogen is the basic building material of the universe, created in the Big Bang. Oxygen is created by nuclear reactions in stars. If you put H and O together in the cold of space, you get H2O. There are enourmous amounts of water in space. In fact, nearly all of the oxygen in space is in the form of water or carbon monoxide. Similarly, most the carbon and nitrogen in space are also in their most hydorgenated forms: methane (CH4) and ammonia (NH3).

Answer 6

No. Very good evidence of water on Mars was recently discovered, adding much weight to the circumstantial evidence of water being present in Mars's past.

Answer 7

No, there is water on Mars located in the polar caps and on one of Jupiter moons Europa that I know off right now.

Answer 8

The scientists supposedly found evidence of ice on Mars.

Answer 9

Absolutely not.

Water has been found:
Sun's atmosphere (in the form of water vapour)
Possibly at Mercury's poles (discovered via radar)
Possibly at Lunar poles (discovered via radar, and investigated by Clemintine spacecraft)
Mars' atmosphere (Discovered by a lot of spacecraft)
Jupiter's atmosphere (Galileo probe, after theoretical models suggested water was present)
Europa (whose surface is ice)
Ganymede (whose surface is icy)
Callisto (whose surface is icy)
Saturn's atmosphere (from examining absorption lines in light reflected from the planet)
Enceladus (there's a volcano that sprays out water)
Mimas (icy surface)
Rhea (icy surface)
Possibly Hamilia (Cassini observations)
Uranus (where it exists as vapour deeper within the planet)
Neptune (same as above)
Can't forget comets, they've a lot of water too.
Pluto (Spectrum shows water)
Eris (spectrum shows water)
2003 FY9 (spectrum shows water)
Phobos (possibly, not confirmed).

Water is everywhere.

As for liquid water? yes. Only on Earth.

Answer 10

Evidence of water has been found on Mars. This is a pretty cool article about it with a photo: http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mars_water_story_000620.html