Mars Glaciers Have More Water Content than Previously Thought

New research into Martian glaciers suggests that they are purer than once thought. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona

On the slopes of Martian mountains and craters clings what appears to be flowing honey, coated in dust and frozen in time. In reality, these features are incredibly slow-moving glaciers, and their contents were once thought to be mostly rock enveloped in some ice.

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