This was a pretty big story last week at the #LPSC2021 conference and in the news afterward (although that percentage is a huge range). ⠀ ⠀ For decades, we’ve said that Mars lost all its water to space. It turns out, though, that we were wrong.⠀ ⠀ In a new paper published this week in Science and presented at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, researchers have announced that between 30 and 99 percent of Mars’ ancient water is not lost in space but rather locked up in minerals on the red planet.⠀ ⠀ Read my full story: buff.ly/3cmmh7J⠀ ⠀ IMAGE: This global view of Mars is composed of about 100 Viking Orbiter images. CREDIT: NASA/JPL-Caltech/USGS⠀ ⠀ #planetaryscience #planetaryexploration #mars #redplanet #water #wateronmars #nasa #nasajpl #caltech #usgs #vikingorbiter