NASA’s Mars Orbiter Points To New Martian Subsurface Ice Deposit

Credit: Mars: NASA
HOUSTON—Researchers using radar data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have observed a subsurface ice deposit on the Red Planet that rivals the size of Lake Superior, the largest of the U.S. Great Lakes. It is located beneath Utopia Planitia, an ancient impact crater basin in Mars’ mid...

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