Scientific American: News In Brief: Ice Field Spied at Mars's South Pole: March 5, 2002 PLANETARY SCIENCES
Ice Field Spied at Mars's South Pole
Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona
Preliminary results from NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft indicate that large amounts of ice exist in the red planet's Southern Hemisphere, scientists say. The results represent the first direct measurements to confirm that significant amounts of hydrogen lie beneath the surface of Mars.