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Liquid Water Lake Detected Underneath Polar Ice on Mars

posted by takyon on Thursday July 26 2018, @12:01AM   Printer-friendly
from the wash-your-ass-on-Mars dept.

fritsd writes:

The Mars Express mission orbiting Mars (not the Beagle 2 part that crash-landed) has discovered liquid water in the south polar region of Mars.

The orbiter has been patiently circling Mars since 2003, using its ground-penetrating radar to map the surface up to a certain depth.

And now the ESA scientists have found a bright spot that they think is an underground lake.

Also at BBC, Science Magazine, Sky & Telescope, Ars Technica, and National Geographic.

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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by acid andy on Thursday July 26 2018, @12:12AM (3 children)

    by acid andy (1683) on Thursday July 26 2018, @12:12AM (#712798) Homepage Journal

    If they're right, this is the best news I've heard all year.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Thursday July 26 2018, @12:45AM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday July 26 2018, @12:45AM (#712809) Journal

    Is it? Could mean that we end up giving planetary protection a higher priority and scuttle human exploration.

    (Just trying to find a negative here.)

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @12:53AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @12:53AM (#712812)

      Human space exploration will never happen again.

      Ever.

      • (Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:39AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 26 2018, @02:39AM (#712879)

        Well! I'm glad that's settled!

        Plus, only incels want humans to live off planet, because they can't get laid.

        The old ways are best. Let's have an old fashioned war and reduce the planetary population by a few billion. That's the only way the incels can become men.

        The only way.

        Only.

        er.. Ever.