“Did asteroid impacts incubate Mars’ ancient oceans?”

Did Mars actually have oceans at one time?  If so, was its water brought by asteroids?

http://news.discovery.com/space/did-asteroid-impacts-melt-up-mars-ancient-oceans-160425.htm

Although — I’m reliably informed by atheist critics who don’t actually know me — I hate and fear science, I find much of it quite fascinating.  (My two chief interests are astronomy/cosmology and geology.)  Please don’t tell anyone, okay?

Posted from Amman, Jordan