Huge glaciers detected under rocky debris on Mars
Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 18:00
in Astronomy & Space
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A radar instrument aboard a NASA spacecraft has detected large glaciers hidden under rocky debris that may be the vestiges of ice sheets that blanketed parts of Mars in a past ice age, scientists said on Thursday.
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