Frozen Water On Mars

Flash floods of “unimaginable magnitude” once washed through Gale Crater on Mars' equator around four billion years ago, according to a study which hints at the possibility that life may have existed on the Red Planet.

Mars has belts of glaciers consisting of frozen water equivalent to over 150 billion cubic metres -enough to cover the entire surface of the red planet with more than one metre of ice, scientists say.

Mars has thousands of glaciers buried beneath its dusty surface, enough frozen water to blanket the planet with a 3.6-foot(1.1- metre) thick layer of ice, scientists said on Wednesday.

As scientists the world over are excited about the presence of water on Mars, a new research on meteorites reveals how the water vanished from the Martian surface.

Flash floods of “unimaginable magnitude” once washed through Gale Crater on Mars' equator around four billion years ago, according to a study which hints at the possibility that life may have existed on the Red Planet.

Mars has belts of glaciers consisting of frozen water equivalent to over 150 billion cubic metres -enough to cover the entire surface of the red planet with more than one metre of ice, scientists say.

Mars has thousands of glaciers buried beneath its dusty surface, enough frozen water to blanket the planet with a 3.6-foot(1.1- metre) thick layer of ice, scientists said on Wednesday.

As scientists the world over are excited about the presence of water on Mars, a new research on meteorites reveals how the water vanished from the Martian surface.