The potential discovery suggests that Mars once looked very different from how it appears today and could once have sustained life.
It’s estimated that the deposits are around 3.7 kilometres thick, meaning that they could fill Earth’s Red Sea if melted or cover the entirety of Mars in a layer of water about two metres deep.
The new findings suggest that Mars once looked very different to how it appears today, with glaciers, lakes, and river channels, according to scientists.
It discovered the deposits in 2007, but it wasn’t clear what they were made of – perhaps giant accumulations of dust, volcanic ash or sediment.
Our rovers are finding that there’s a lot more humidity in the air than we ever imagined," said Jim Green, NASA’s Director of Planetary Science, at a press conference.
Given that Mars is a cold planet, between 20C and -153C, according to NASA, finding water ice in low latitudes instead of polar regions would have made human exploration missions easier.
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The potential discovery suggests that Mars once looked very different from how it appears today and could once have sustained life.
It’s estimated that the deposits are around 3.7 kilometres thick, meaning that they could fill Earth’s Red Sea if melted or cover the entirety of Mars in a layer of water about two metres deep.
The new findings suggest that Mars once looked very different to how it appears today, with glaciers, lakes, and river channels, according to scientists.
It discovered the deposits in 2007, but it wasn’t clear what they were made of – perhaps giant accumulations of dust, volcanic ash or sediment.
Our rovers are finding that there’s a lot more humidity in the air than we ever imagined," said Jim Green, NASA’s Director of Planetary Science, at a press conference.
Given that Mars is a cold planet, between 20C and -153C, according to NASA, finding water ice in low latitudes instead of polar regions would have made human exploration missions easier.
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