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Underground Water on Mars?

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the well-well-well dept.

WaltonNews wrote in with a story about possible underground water on Mars. The article begins: "The Mars Express spacecraft, from the European Space Agency (ESA), has indicated to scientists that the dry atmosphere and surface on the planet Mars does not necessarily mean Mars is dry underneath the surface. In fact, a huge storehouse of water and carbon dioxide could be found in underground reservoirs."

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  1. Old News by celardore · · Score: 5, Funny

    This was discovered some time ago.

  2. Speculation... by ilovegeorgebush · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why does this make news? It's speculation. Can I make the /. frontpage by saying "There might be miniture Giraffes under the surface of mars"?

    It'd be a fascinating article if they had found water under the surface, but this?...Come on...

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  3. MARSIS by Nuffsaid · · Score: 5, Informative

    Don't know where the link was supposed to go, but some (not really new) information can be found here, along with a nice section of Mars North Polar Cap obtained with the remarkable Italian MARSIS instrument. Nice to see another world studied by geologists with just the same techniques used here on Earth.

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  4. Re:Article link? by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

    Don't forget your towel

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