A buried lake on Mars excited and baffled scientists
Liquid water under so much ice is a hard sell, and only one of two orbiters has detected it
HIDDEN DEPTHS Layers in the ice near Mars’ south pole, shown here in a 2012 composite image from the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter, could conceal a briny lake buried 1.5 kilometers below the surface.
ESA, DLR, FU BERLIN, Bill Dunford
Headlines touting the discovery of water on Mars — again! — are a long-standing punchline among planetary scientists.