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Published online 10 December 2002 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news021209-6
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Ice packs red planet
Odyssey finds massive amounts of ice on Mars.
Staggering quantities of water are hidden below the surface of Mars, the latest results from the Odyssey spacecraft suggest.
The discovery doesn't alter the Mars' status as a barren wilderness because the water has been locked-up in subterranean ice for millennia, mainly around the planet's poles.
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