Friday, 25 September 2009

Meteorite impacts turn up nearly pure water ice in Mars’s mid-latitudes

Planetary scientists looking for water ice on Mars have employed a number of tactics to great success in their search. The Phoenix lander dug it up and orbiting radar measurements have seen it under insulating blankets of debris. ( Frozen water sublimates to vapor in Mars's climate and so is not stable when exposed at the surface.)







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