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There’s water on Mars! Signs of buried lake tantalize scientists

The lake would be the first body of liquid water ever detected on the red planet, if observations by a European spacecraft are confirmed.
  1. Alexandra Witze
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A large saltwater lake seems to lurk under ice near Mars’s south pole. If confirmed, it would be the first body of liquid water ever detected on the red planet and a significant milestone in the quest to determine whether life exists there.

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Nature 560, 13-14 (2018)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05795-6

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