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Water on Mars: The Red Planet is mostly bone-dry today (Image: GETTY) READ MORE If Mars's water escaped into space through the atmosphere, the researchers would expect to find a very specific ratio of hydrogen to deuterium. Instead, their findings suggest the planet's water was lost through atmospheric escape as well as being locked up in the crust. On Earth, water that seeps into the crust forms mineral with water in their structure. The minerals are melted down and the water works its way back into the atmosphere through plate tectonics and volcanism. Trending Mars, however, does not have a...

Water On Mars Buried Beneath Surface, Says Study Water On Mars Buried Beneath Surface, Says Study A new study funded by NASA proposes that most of the water didn't go anywhere but is trapped within minerals in the crust. Using observations by Mars rovers and meteorites, researchers focused on hydrogen, key component of water Washington: Billions of years ago, Mars was home to lakes and oceans -- but where all the water went to transform the planet into the desolate rock we know today has been something of a mystery. Most of it was thought to have been lost to space, but a new study funde...

March 17, 2021Caltech Billions of years ago, the Red Planet was far more blue; according to evidence still found on the surface, abundant water flowed across Mars and forming pools, lakes, and deep oceans. The question, then, is where did all that water go? The answer: nowhere. According to new research from Caltech and JPL, a significant portion of Mars’s water—between 30 and 99 percent—is trapped within minerals in the planet’s crust. The research challenges the current theory that the Red Planet’s water escaped into space. The Caltech/JPL team found that around four billion years...

WORLD / AMERICAS By AFP Published: Mar 17, 2021 07:08 PM Billions of years ago, Mars was home to lakes and oceans - but where all the water went to transform the planet into the desolate rock we know today has been something of a mystery. NASA's Mars Perseverance rover acquired this image on March 14, 2021 (Sol 23) using its onboard Right Navigation Camera (Navcam). Photo: VCGMost of it was thought to have been lost to space, but a new study funded by NASA proposes that it didn't go anywhere but is trapped within minerals in the crust. "We're saying that the crust forms what we call hy...

New research from Caltech and JPL suggests that Mars never lost its water — it just drank it up, so to speak. Digital rendering of Mars. Image credits Kevin Gill via Wikimedia. Billions of years ago, our red neighbor had an atmosphere and maintained liquid water on its surface. We know this because Mars’ surface is littered with ancient river- and lake beds. The prevailing wisdom today is that once the planet lost its geological activity and thus, its magnetic field, it lost, in turn, its atmosphere and surface water, which were blown away by solar winds. But new research says that at lea...