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A Third of Mars Could Have Been Underwater

Posted by timothy on from the younger-hotter-ocean-that-is dept.

Matt_dk writes "An international team of scientists who analyzed data from the Gamma Ray Spectrometer onboard NASA's Mars Odyssey reports new evidence for the controversial idea that oceans once covered about a third of ancient Mars. 'We compared Gamma Ray Spectrometer data on potassium, thorium and iron above and below a shoreline believed to mark an ancient ocean that covered a third of Mars' surface, and an inner shoreline believed to mark a younger, smaller ocean.'"

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  1. To prove it... by FungusCannon · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's gonna be a pain in the ass to get one of those rovers up to 88 miles per hour.

    1. Re:To prove it... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      Never mind that, just try getting 1.21 jiggerwatts out of those solar panels.

    2. Re:To prove it... by tmosley · · Score: 4, Funny

      My son, I welcome you to into the fold of scientology.

      ALL HAIL XENU.

  2. Yes, but... by verbalcontract · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, but what percentage of Mars was covered with buggalo?

  3. Re:What is The Truth about Mars? by Thanshin · · Score: 3, Funny

    > The planets are getting closer to the sun, but not nearly fast enough to be interesting.

    You mean interesting as in "Hmmm, we might want to have some means of space exploration in the next century at the latest" or interesting as in "My hair is on fire! My hair is on fire!".

  4. Re:Your thinking by Reality+Master+201 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Eh, whatever. Mostly it was about using the word antediluvian.