Scientists Just Found Oceans of Liquid Water on Mars – But There’s a Catch
13th August 2024
There are literal oceans’ worth of liquid water hiding out on Mars. There’s just one big problem. That water is actually in Mars, at depths that are too far below the surface for us to access.
That’s according to new analysis of seismic data collected by the Mars InSight lander, for which huge reservoirs of liquid water are the best explanation. And, although that water is out of reach, it is an important piece of the strange puzzle of the aquatic history of our dry, desiccated, dusty neighbor.
“Understanding the Martian water cycle is critical for understanding the evolution of the climate, surface and interior,” says geophysicist Vashan Wright of the University of California San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography.