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Mars has oceans' worth of water, but it's deep underground

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Researchers have identified what they believe could be oceans' worth of water on Mars. There's just one snag: it's deep underground.

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  1. Bowling Green Daily News

    New Mars study suggests an ocean's worth of water may be hiding beneath the red dusty surface (opens Bowling Green Daily News)

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    A new study suggests Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean. The findings, published Monday,

  2. The Guardian

    New hope of finding life on Mars after indication of water, scientists say (opens The Guardian)

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    Liquid amounting to a 1-2km-deep ocean may be frozen up to 20km below surface, calculations suggest

  3. Forbes

    Scientists Discover Oceans-Worth Of Liquid Water On Mars—And A Potential Home For Alien Life—But There’s One Big Catch (opens Forbes)

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    Scientists found evidence of enough liquid water to cover the whole of Mars with an ocean around a mile deep that Berkeley researcher Michael Manga said “should, in principle, be able to sustain life.”

  4. CNN

    Oceans of water may be trapped deep beneath the Martian surface (opens CNN)

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    A new analysis of data collected by NASA’s InSight mission suggests there may be enough water beneath the surface of Mars to cover the planet.

  5. Courthouse News Service

    New study reveals massive water reservoir on Mars (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Researchers say the water reservoir may hold more water than once estimated — possibly even enough to fill ancient oceans.

  6. Portland Press Herald

    New Mars study suggests an ocean’s worth of water may be hiding beneath the surface (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The water is believed to be 7 miles to 12 miles down in the Martian crust.

  7. Science Alert

    Scientists Just Found Oceans of Liquid Water on Mars – But There's a Catch (opens Science Alert)

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    There are literal oceans' worth of liquid water hiding out on Mars.

  8. NBC News

    Mars study suggests an ocean's worth of water may be hiding beneath the red dusty surface (opens NBC News)

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    Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean, new research suggests.

  9. Deutsche Welle

    Liquid ocean discovered beneath Mars surface – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Seismic data from NASA's InSight Lander suggests there's a massive liquid water deposit below the Martian surface.

  10. Digital Trends

    Mars has oceans' worth of water, but it's deep underground (opens Digital Trends)

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    Researchers have identified what they believe could be oceans' worth of water on Mars. There's just one snag: it's deep underground.

  11. ABC 11 Raleigh

    Water on Mars? New study suggests an ocean's worth may be hiding beneath the red dusty surface (opens ABC 11 Raleigh)

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    Mars may be drenched beneath its surface, with enough water hiding in the cracks of underground rocks to form a global ocean, new research suggests.

  12. Al Jazeera

    Scientists find liquid water on Mars (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Scientists say they’ve discovered vast oceans of liquid water below the surface of Mars.

  13. Time

    Mars May Have Far More Water Than We Thought (opens Time)

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    A new study reveals what may have happened to Mars's rivers and oceans.

  14. East Idaho News

    Underground reservoir on Mars could fill oceans on the planet’s surface, study finds (opens East Idaho News)

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    (CNN) — Data from a retired NASA mission has revealed evidence of an underground reservoir of water deep beneath the surface of Mars, according to new research. A team of scientists estimates that there may be enough water, trapped in tiny cracks and pores of rock in the middle of the Martian crust,…

  15. ZME Science

    Mars may have a lot of water in its crust. It's just too deep to use (opens ZME Science)

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    Mars may have oceans' worth of water — but it's more than 10 km under the surface.

  16. Engadget

    Scientists find evidence of liquid water deep underneath the Martian surface (opens Engadget)

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    Water exists on Mars, according to a team of geophysicists, and not just as ice on its poles or as vapor in its atmosphere.

  17. Voice of America

    Ocean could lie beneath Mars' surface, study says (opens Voice of America)

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    Water is 10 to 20 kilometers underground, it says

  18. Deutsche Welle

    Subsurface of Mars harbors oceans of water: study – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    New research based on seismic data indicates the presence of vast swathes of water under the surface of Mars. The water likely trickled from the surface billions of years ago.

  19. New York Post

    Ocean with life-giving liquid water found on Martian subsurface in stunning discovery (opens New York Post)

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    A study released Monday using data from NASA's Mars InSight lander shows evidence of liquid water far below the surface of the fourth planet, advancing the search for life there and showing what might have happened to Mars' ancient oceans.

  20. The Daily Caller

    NASA Findings Suggest Mars May Hold Enough Underground Water To Form An Ocean (opens The Daily Caller)

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    New research suggests that Mars may have vast reserves of water trapped beneath its surface, The Associated Press (AP) reported.

  21. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Data indicates huge underground reservoir of water on Mars | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    WASHINGTON >> An immense reservoir of liquid water may reside deep under the surface of Mars within fractured igneous rocks, holding enough to fill an ocean that would cover the entire surface of Earth’s planetary neighbor.

  22. Fox News

    Mars study suggests ocean's amount of water could be miles beneath red planet’s surface (opens Fox News)

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    A new study suggests there could be water miles under the dusty surface of Mars, with enough water to fill a global-sized ocean a mile deep.

  23. Al Jazeera

    New study suggests ocean of water lies beneath Mars’s surface (opens Al Jazeera)

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    The findings follow analysis of seismic readings from NASA’s Mars InSight lander before it shut down in 2022.

  24. The Economist

    The significance of liquid water on Mars (opens The Economist)

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    There could be an ocean’s worth deep underground | The Economist explains

  25. Digital Journal

    Water discovered on Mars: Clues for microbial life? (opens Digital Journal)

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    The new study analysed seismic waves detected by the Insight lander and concludes that 11-20 kilometres beneath the surface, a zone of pores and fractures is filled with liquid water.

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