Twitter is brimming with jokes about water on Mars

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Laura Vitto
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Pack your bags, we're all moving to Mars.

OK, not really. Mars is still a dry, uninhabitable desert planet. But according to a new study, there might be a hint of a life-sustaining substance on Mars: flowing water.

A major drawback? The water discovered on Mars is far too salty to support life as we humans know it.

If nothing else, it's a pretty neat discovery -- and Twitter agrees.

Dude. Water on Mars. Party on.— Jared Monaco (@jaredmaine) September 28, 2015

Ugh following all the Mars hype has been my sustenance between GoT seasons— Lights (@lights) September 28, 2015

Fact: The water on Mars was all just splashed there in the 90's by girls in Noxema commercials washing their faces.— OhNoSheTwitnt (@OhNoSheTwitnt) September 28, 2015

Mars's water just broke, the moon is bloody, and we left Pluto with a broken heart. URANUS IS NOT SAFE.— Matthew Inman (@Oatmeal) September 28, 2015

FOX is going all out to promote #TheMartian: First they turn the moon a Mars-esque red, then they plant water on Mars. What an ad budget!— Chris Miller (@chrizmillr) September 28, 2015

Moon: Super Mars: Has water Earth: Three more Fast & Furious movies— Chase Mitchell (@ChaseMit) September 28, 2015

Damp salt, enjoy your 15 minutes of Twitter fame.— Josh Lincoln Dickey (@JLDlite) September 28, 2015

Yeah yeah yeah, @NASA, there's water on Mars. Great. WHAT ABOUT WHEN THERE WAS ONLY ONE SET OF FOOTPRINTS?! EXPLAIN THAT!— Wil Wheaton (@wilw) September 28, 2015

"We have discovered flowing water on Mars. So you know what that means... MARTIAN WATER SLIDES!" Vacation all I ever wanted...— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) September 28, 2015

Hey, unless the water you found on Mars was in a cup carried by a full on alien, I'M NOT INTERESTED!— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) September 28, 2015

Water on Mars? Not impressed. Baywatch on Mars? Impressed.— Michael Ian Black (@michaelianblack) September 28, 2015

Wake me when they find free-flowing vodka on Mars.— Dan Savage (@fakedansavage) September 28, 2015

but are there water PARKS on mars— Megan Hess (@mhess4) September 28, 2015

BONUS: Water on Mars

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