Mars Glaciers

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  Glaciers On Mars Are Mostly Water Ice, Study Finds

  Scientists used the SHAllow RADar (SHARAD) instrument on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to study the glaciers.

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  Antarctic Volcano That Ships Can Sail Into May Hold Clues To Life On Mars

  On Deception Island in Antarctica, steam rises from the beaches, and glaciers dot the black slopes of what is actually an active volcano -- a rare clash of ice and fire that provides clues to scientists about what life could look like on Mars.

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  Glaciers Could Have Sculpted Mars Valleys: Study

  The question of whether ancient life could have existed on Mars centres on the water that once flowed there, but new research published Monday suggests that many of the Red Planet's valleys were gouged by icy glaciers not rivers.

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  Glaciers of Frozen Water Found on Mars

  Mars has belts of glaciers consisting of frozen water equivalent to over 150 billion cubic metres -enough to cover the entire surface of the red planet with more than one metre of ice, scientists say.

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  Dust-Covered Glaciers Found on Mars, Researchers Say

  Scientists suspect that the glaciers remained intact because they are protected under a thick layer of dust.

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  Dust-Covered Ice Glaciers Found on Mars

  Mars has thousands of glaciers buried beneath its dusty surface, enough frozen water to blanket the planet with a 3.6-foot(1.1- metre) thick layer of ice, scientists said on Wednesday.

• Curiosity Travels Through Ancient Glaciers on Mars

  NASA's rover Curiosity is currently traversing the martian crater Gale, that was covered with glaciers about 3,500 million years ago, scientists say.