Underground Lake on Mars Is Probably No Water

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There is probably no underground lake on Mars. New data refute the thesis of Italian researchers from 2018.

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In 2018, researchers wanted to discover traces of saltwater lakes at the South Pole of Mars. However, doubts soon began to arise about the discovery. Now scientists have looked inside again. read more on t3n.de

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Too early? In 2018, radar data provided clues to several saltwater lakes under the south pole of Mars. But now a higher-resolution radar measurement raises new doubts about this water find. Instead of the expected strong reflection of the supposed water layer, the SHARAD radar of Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter detected only very weak, diffuse signals – too weak to come from a layer of liquid water, according to planetary researchers. Is there still…