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Mars Has Liquid Water Close to Surface Wednesday, December 15, 2010 - Anuradha Menon Home >> Headlines >> Space   
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Pools of liquid water may even now exist just a few meters below the Martian surface, according to new research. The finding hints that humans may one day be able to tap into Mars's watery bounty. Although the surface of Mars is too frigid for liquid water to be stable, pockets of water underground could be kept warm enough by an insulating blanket of porous sediment, an international team writes in the November issue of the journal Icarus. (source: news.nationalgeographic.com)
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