Detects significant amount of water in the soil on Mars

The Curiosity probe of the US Space Agency (NASA) has found a significant amount of water in the soil on the surface of Mars.

After analyzing soil samples taken by the Curiosity probe on the surface of Mars, scientists from the Rensselaer Institute of Technology in the United States found that every 0.03 cubic meters of soil on the red planet contains 0, 47 liters of water (equivalent to 2 cups of water).

'We tend to think that Mars is a very dry place, so it is quite surprising that separating water from the surface on the surface makes me very surprised,' said Dr. Laurie Leshin, head of the study. 'If you take a certain amount of soil and heat it, you will get about two cups of water'.

Curiosity self-propelled probe - (Photo: Reuters)

The Curiosity probe has detected about 2% of the Martian soil as water. The soil samples were taken into a microwave in the middle of the probe. It also found that SO ₂ , CO ₂ and O ₂ in soil and mineral samples were heated under high temperatures.

'We heated them to 835 degrees Celsius and removed all volatile substances to measure the amount of soil remaining. We have very sensitive devices to detect water and other substances coming out , 'Leshin said.

Dr. Laurie Leshin said, interesting findings about Mars will help plan missions to bring people to the planet in the future.

The Curiosity probe landed on Mars' equator near the Gale crater in August 2012. The main purpose of this probe is to find out if the red planet once existed before. Scientists believe that the country was once abundantly abundance on Mars, but then disappeared almost completely.