A team of scientists recently reported that Mars had large lakes of liquid water much longer than previously thought. This new discovery means that microbial life had more time to form and survive — which also improves the prospect for finding signs of this possible ancient life.

Will life be found on Mars? Richard Southern and Erica Natividad discuss it in their 6:40 am conversation, and Demi Lovato refuses to use the term to refer to species outside the planet.