NASA Confirms Liquid Water Beneath the Surface of Mars — "Game-Changer," Scientists Say

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NASA Confirms Liquid Water Beneath the Surface of Mars — "Game-Changer," Scientists Say
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A reanalysis of seismic data collected by NASA's InSight lander has confirmed the presence of liquid water in fractured rock between 11 and 20 kilometers below the Martian surface. The reservoir is estimated to hold enough water to cover the entire planet in an ocean over a kilometer deep. The finding fundamentally reshapes the search for past or present life on Mars.

Mars isn't a dry dead world — it's a planet with an ocean, just hidden under our feet.

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Earlier studies confirmed water ice at Mars' poles and signs of ancient surface oceans.…

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