Intense snowstorms appear at night on Mars

According to the latest study, when the Sun goes down and the temperature drops rapidly, there will be violent snow storms on strong Mars.

This finding shows that there are still many mysteries about the Martian climate that humans do not know.

The research team led by planetary scientist Aymeric Spiga from University of Pierre and Marie Curie in France, gave us a better insight into the weather pattern on this planet, which will further help The astronauts set foot here to explore.

'We use simulated models on computers with more scale and detail than previous models, which allows us to give accurate measurements and demonstrate storms for the first time. Snow here ' , Spiga said.

Previously, this question had been raised after NASA's Phoenix landing ship in 2008 discovered ice on the Martian ground , people thought of snowfall but no one had ever proved a way. clearly.

The North Pole of Mars is famous for its white snow peaks seen from above.(Photo: ESA / DLR / FU / NASA).

The team synthesized data from the Phoenix lander, the Mars Planet Exploration (MGS), and the Mars Orbital Survey (MRO), to calculate the amount of snow falling on Mars.

Unlike previous assumptions that this process is slow because the planet's atmosphere is thin. Instead, the new weather pattern shows that there are better phenomena here: violent snow storms that fill the surface of Mars.

Created by cold thermal radiation gradually - the temperature quickly escapes the Martian atmosphere, scientists estimate that Mars clouds will drop rapidly, at about 4 degrees Celsius per hour.

With hot air rising from the surface, combined with cold air settling down from above, strong winds of up to 10 meters will cause sudden snowfall and this is a somewhat unstable event in the atmosphere.

Although these blizzards are very intense, much more powerful than what scientists previously predicted, the amount of snow falling in each storm is still very small.

'The amount of water available is very small, so the amount of snowfall is very small, meaning you will not be able to shape the snow on Mars. And of course, this place cannot become a skiing field either, ' Spiga added.

Explaining why scientists did not discover this earlier, Spiga said because his team combined data from three probes, creating a large climate data scale in the noise. air turbulence becomes clearer, from which new phenomena are discovered.

Instead of creating a thick layer of snow, the researchers say snow storms will create a cold ice covering the surface of the planet. If this is correct, future Mars residents will not only meet the snow in the far north, but also anywhere in the Red Planet.