Water on Mars

Underground Acquifers Fed Long-Lived Oceans, Lakes on Ancient Mars

[/caption] Images from the spacecraft orbiting Mars seem to indicate the Red Planet may once have had oceans and lakes,…

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Evidence for Past Water on Mars Keeps Flowing, This Time from Glaciers

[/caption] No sooner do we post one article about water on Mars when it's time for another. Planetary scientists have…

14 years ago

Water Was Widespread Across Early Mars, But No Oceans

By looking at the mineralogy deep inside craters on Mars' northern plains and comparing it to the makeup of regions…

14 years ago

Vast Oceans Likely Covered One Third of Mars

[/caption] Like rising waters from a flood, the evidence for past water on Mars --- and large amounts of it…

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Spirit Rover Still Providing New Evidence for Past Water on Mars

[/caption] Even though the Mars Rover Spirit is asleep, a new look at old data from one of her instruments…

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Possibility of Past Water on Mars Takes a Hit

[/caption] Images of Mars taken from orbit show a massive system of riverbeds and canyons etched by water. Or maybe…

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MRO Radar Maps Extensive Subsurface Martian Ice

[/caption] Sure, it's big news the Moon has water ice on the north pole, but Mars is loaded! A new…

14 years ago

New Images Suggest More Recent Lakes on Mars

Image of a channel between putative lakes from the Context Camera (CTX) onboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Modern Mars…

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Large Ocean, Extensive River Network, Rainfall on Ancient Mars

Did Mars once have a vast network of river valleys – "canals" if you will – and an ocean that…

14 years ago