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What happened to Marss water? New study suggests most was trapped in underground rocks Posted TueTuesday 16 updated WedWednesday 17 MarMarch 2021 at 2:35am The early Martian environment (right), believed to contain liquid water and a thicker atmosphere, is a world away from the cold, dry environment of Mars today (left). ( Share Print text only Cancel Some 4 billion years ago, Earth and Mars were young, warm and wet. If they werent Solar System twins, they were certainly siblings. Key points: ...

Mars used to be covered in water, but it dried out billions of years ago. A lot of that water may have been irreversibly sucked up and turned into minerals in the ground

March 16, 2021 at 11:00 am An ocean’s worth of water may be lurking in minerals below Mars’ surface, which could help explain why the Red Planet dried up. Once home to lakes and rivers, Mars is now a frigid desert ( SN: 11/12/20). But measurements of atmospheric water loss made by spacecraft like NASA’s MAVEN orbiter are not enough to account for all of Mars’ missing water — which was once so abundant it could have covered the whole planet in a sea up to 1,500 meters deep. That’s mo...

Several oceans worth of ancient water may reside in minerals buried below Mars surface, report researchers. The new study, based on observational data and modeling, shows that much of the red planets initial water - up to 99% - was lost to irreversible crustal hydration, not escape to space.

New data challenges the long-held theory that all of Mars's water escaped into space Billions of years ago, the Red Planet was far more blue; according...

New NASA-backed research finds a surprising amount of water locked away in the red planet.