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What happened to Mars’s water? New study suggests most was trapped in underground rocks – ABC News
Today, the Red Planet looks more like a dead planet. The surface is dry and chilly, well below freezing, with no liquid water to speak of. Now some geologists believe…
Some 4 billion years ago, Earth and Mars were young, warm and wet. If they weren’t Solar System twins, they were certainly siblings.
Key points:
- Much of Mars’s water has disappeared since the planet formed
- Planetary scientists suspect most was split into oxygen and hydrogen in the atmosphere, and the hydrogen lost to space
- A new modelling study suggests if Mars did once have vast amounts of water, the majority is now locked in minerals in the planet’s crust
Today, the Red Planet looks more like a…
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