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full screen Under the surface of Mars, there may be a water reservoir as big as an ocean, a new study with data from Nasa shows. Archive image. Photo: NASA/AP/TT
Beneath the surface of Mars, there may be a water reservoir – as big as an ocean, according to a new study from the US space agency Nasa.
The water on the Red Planet is believed to be buried 11.5 to 20 kilometers into the planet’s crust. However, the result does not indicate that the water contains any life.
“Rather, our results show that there are environments that could be habitable,” writes research leader Vashan Wright at the University of California San Diego to the AP.