NASA: Mars is flooded with glaciers

On March 4, scientists from the US Aeronautics Agency (NASA) said NASA's spacecraft called 'Mars' orbit (MRO) has returned to Earth the amount of data. giant.

MRO has been transmitted to 100 terabits of information (100,000 billion bits) since 2006, many times more than the total data of previous Mars probes combined.

This amount of information is equivalent to 3 million songs in MP3 format.

Artwork of MRO probe.

The MRO spacecraft, the world's most powerful and modern probe, was launched in 2005 and has been orbiting the Red Planet since March 2006.

Scientist for this project Rich Zurek said scientists were surprised about the data sent by MRO in terms of both the amount of information as well as the quality of Mars images although in 2009, the MRO had to install many times. computer program again.

This information helped scientists better understand the planet in which they confirmed glaciers flooded but hidden beneath the surface on the Red Planet.

These glaciers cover hundreds of kilometers in the middle latitude of Mars.

NASA scientists mapped Martian glaciers in the US state of California, from more than 250 MRO observations.

Future studies of these glaciers below the surface of Mars will reveal more clearly the environmental conditions at the time of their formation.

These glaciers may be a promising target for future missions of the journey into the Universe.

Information from the MRO also shows that sand dunes and wind-generated sand ripples on Mars show that soil samples are surprising to scientists on Earth and also show many changes. Red Planet surface.

These sand ripples have a constantly changing place but there are places where these sand ripples were formed 100,000 years ago and remain unchanged.