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Odyssey’s Homer: Hints of water near both poles of Mars

By Sid Perkins

- More than 2 years ago

Sensors on board the Mars Odyssey spacecraft have spied strong signs of ice buried near both poles of the Red Planet, exactly the regions where scientists previously had said that frozen water deposits could exist.

DEEP BLUE ICE? The Martian regions depicted in dark blue may hold buried deposits that are up to 50 percent water ice.