Mars once had an ocean at least a half-kilometer deep and larger than the combined area of all five Great Lakes on Earth. That’s the conclusion of researchers who have analyzed data collected by orbiting spacecraft as well as the Mars rover Opportunity.
Last March, Opportunity found at its Meridiani Planum landing site rocks containing sulfates, which could have been created only in the presence of water (SN: 3/6/04, p.
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