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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 tmosley · · Score: 4, Funny

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

      ALL HAIL XENU.

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

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