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Space Probe Discovers Possible Mars Frozen Sea
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European space agency says water appears to have originated beneath
surface of Mars The European Space Agency says a space probe scanning
the surface of Mars has found what appears to be a dust-covered frozen
sea near the Martian Equator.

In a statement Wednesday, the space agency says the water appears to
have originated beneath the surface of Mars and to have come out in
what the agency calls a "catastrophic flood" through a series of
fractures.

The statement says the sea probably originated no more than five
million years ago.

It says the water spread out over an area of about 720,000 square
kilometers, about the size of Turkey, and with a depth of about 45
meters.

The statement says scientists presented the findings on Monday at a
conference on Mars in the Netherlands.

Some information for this story provided by Reuters.


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