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Newly-Identified Geological Feature Points to Vast, Long-Dried Up Ocean in Northern Plains of Mars


A continent-like shelf beneath the Martian surface hints that a vast ocean once covered up to a third of Mars, reshaping the long-running debate over its watery past.

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