Many characteristics of Mars, including ice, are similar to Earth, paper says (page 2)
Mars gets as far as 250 million miles away, but many parts of it closely resemble places on Earth, including its landscape, history of water, soil and even its weather, says a Texas A&M University researcher in the current issue of "Science" magazine. read more
"Phoenix landed in a place that has access to Martian ice, which is exciting by itself," Lemmon says of the Mars probe, which landed May 25, 2008.
"Phoenix was designed to verify and investigate subsurface ice, and it found it almost instantly," he explains.
Many characteristics of Mars, including ice, are similar to Earth, paper says
Mars gets as far as 250 million miles away, but many parts of it closely resemble places on Earth, including its landscape, history of water, soil and even its weather, says a Texas A&M ...
Thu 2 Jul 09 from e! Science News
Many characteristics of Mars, including ice, are similar to Earth, paper says, Thu 2 Jul 09 from Eurekalert
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