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/ 23 January 2004

Water detected on Mars

The European orbiter <i>Mars Express</i> has detected frozen water at Mars’s south pole, mission officials said in Germany on Friday. Water, in its liquid form, is one of the ingredients for nurturing and sustaining life, and Mars is considered to be the best bet for this outside Earth.
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