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Phoenix Lander Discovers Frozen Water On Mars; Even If Ice Doesn’t Indicate Former Life There, It Would Be A Crucial Material For Human Explorers

Phoenix Lander Discovers Frozen Water On Mars; Even If Ice Doesn’t Indicate Former Life There, It Would Be A Crucial Material For Human Explorers

The Phoenix Mars Lander, a miner for a heart of ice, has found what researchers say they are sure is frozen water on the fourth planet from the sun. Phoenix landed in a polar plane, at a far northern latitude of Mars, and the impact of its landing brushed aside loose reddish dirt to reveal whitish material underneath. Researchers suspected it might be ice, the substance for which Phoenix was searching. But more recently, the scoop on an arm on…

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