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    Water in both hemispheres on early Mars

    Date: 24 Jun 2010
    Copyright: ESA

    Mars Express' OMEGA sensor has provided the first hints that there may be hydrated silicates beneath the northern plains of Mars, as well as in the southern highlands. This suggests that the early wet phase of Mars was global in extent.


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