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The Real Reality Show: What Happened to the Water on Mars?

New evidence is emerging, but concrete answers remain elusive.
By Astronomy Staff | Published: March 13, 2015 | Last updated on May 18, 2023

Mars Water in the News

The planet that lost an ocean’s worth of water

NASA’s Curiosity rover finds clues to how water helped shape martian landscape

NASA spacecraft observes further evidence of dry ice gullies on Mars

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