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A new study identifies frozen water just below the Martian surface, where astronauts could easily dig it up. MORE

For the first time, NASA's Mars Odyssey orbiter has caught the Martian moon Phobos during a full moon phase. Each color in this new image represents a temperature range detected by Odyssey's infrared camera. MORE