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A ‘lake’ on Mars may be surrounded by more pools of water

New radar data add to evidence of water under Mars’ south pole, but it’s not “a slam dunk yet”

Mars south pole

New radar data from the Mars Express orbiter suggests that a possible lake 1.5 kilometers under the ice at Mars’ south pole (shown) is surrounded by pools of liquid water.

J. Cowart/FU Berlin/DLR/ESA (CC BY-SA 3.0)

By Christopher Crockett

- More than 2 years ago

Fresh intel from Mars is sure to stir debate about whether liquid water lurks beneath the planet’s polar ice.