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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: 3, Funny) by RandomFactor on Thursday July 26 2018, @01:57AM

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 26 2018, @01:57AM (#712862) Journal

    "They can also melt some of the surface ice for both study and to supply drinking water and oxygen"

    Double win - if they catch some crazy Martian bug, that answers the whole life question!

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