Massive Sea of Ice Discovered Beneath Mars' Surface
The Sun
US and Canadian geophysicists discovered a huge sea of frozen water hidden beneath the surface of Mars, Sputnik News reports citing to NASA
The study was published in the Geophysical Research Letters journal.
"This deposit probably formed as snowfall accumulating into an ice sheet mixed with dust during a period in Mars history when the planet's axis was more tilted than it is today," the lead author of a report in the journal Geophysical Research Letters Cassie Stuurman said.
The layer consisting of ice (50-80 percent), sand and gases was located at a depth of 1-10 meters (3-33 feet) below the surface in the western plains Utopia Planitia, about halfway from the equator to the North Pole. The frozen water deposit is 80-170 meters (260-560 feet) in thickness. Its volume is 14.3 thousand square kilometers — that is as much water as in Lake Superior, the largest of the Great Lakes.
-
17:08The regular session of the Anti-corruption Policy Council takes place in Jermuk
-
15:05The Prime Minister sends congratulatory messages to the supreme leader of Iran and the President of Iran
-
11:11Armenia sends earthquake aid to Turkey
-
10:43Commemoration of the Pontiff St. Sahak Partev
-
09:16Some roads are closed and difficult to pass in Armenia
-
19:55Phone conversation of the Foreign Minister of Armenia with the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs
-
18:30Prime Minister Pashinyan and President Khachaturyan meet
-
18:20Ararat Mirzoyan with Co-Chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group of France Brice Roquefeuil
-
17:01Humans could land on Mars within 10 years, Musk predicts
-
16:45France, US urge 'immediate' end to Nagorno Karabakh blockade
-
16:01Blockaded Nagorno Karabakh launches fundraiser to support quake-hit Syria
-
15:59Earthquake death toll in Turkey rises to 18,342
-
15:43Ararat Mirzoyan Held a Telephone Conversation with Sergey Lavrov
-
15:06French president rules out fighter jet supplies to Ukraine in near future
-
14:475 Day Weather Forecast in Armenia
-
14:44President Vahagn Khachaturyan wrote a note in the book of condolences opened in the Embassy of Syria in Armenia
-
14:20Azerbaijan’s provocations impede establishment of peace and stability – Armenian FM tells Russian Co-Chair of OSCE MG
-
12:57France representation to OSCE: Paris calls on Azerbaijan to restore freedom of movement through Lachin corridor
-
11:40Command of Kosovo forces highly appreciated preparation of Armenian peacekeepers
-
10:16The United States withdrew from sanctions against Syria for six months the provision of assistance after the earthquake
Most read
day
week
month
Weather
Yerevan
Humidity: %
Wind: km/h
0 C°
0° 0°
24.11.2024
0° 0°
25.11.2024
Poll