Space Agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will unlock the much-anticipated mystery surrounding planet Mars at its headquarters in Washington.

According to NASA website, a press conference will be held at 11.30pm (Malaysian time) on Monday to unveil the latest discovery on Mars exploration.

The star of the press conference which will be held at the James Webb Auditorium located at the NASA complex, is Lujendra Ojha, an undergraduate student from Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta who made a breakthrough discovery of possible signs of water on the red planet.

The announcement is set to be broadcast live on NASA Television and its website and a brief question-and-answer session will be conducted during the conference.

On Saturday, the agency on its website said the public from all over the world can participate in a Q&A session by tweeting using the hashtag 'AskNASA'.

Members of the public can also visit this link to access NASA TV schedules and to view the news conference.

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