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Article: Phoenix Mars Lander finds possible ice on Red Planet
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- The Hindustan Times
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- June 17, 2008
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London, June 17 -- NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander has uncovered a patch of what may be ice on the border of a polygon-shaped section of soil in the northern plains of the Red Planet.
According to a report in New Scientist, Phoenix's robotic arm uncovered the white substance after further excavating sites called Dodo and Baby Bear to create one large trench.
The patch sits at the edge of a polygon, a geological formation created by the seasonal expansion and shrinkage of ice in the Martian soil.
Though it is too early to say whether the bright area is made of ice or salt, but over the coming days, the Lander's cameras will ...