Water freezes right under the surface of Mars

Water plays a vital role in life, any discovery of water has important implications for the study of evidence of life that may have appeared on Mars before.

The aerospace agency (NASA) said the images sent back by Mars orbiting Mars ' Mar's Reconnaissance Orbiter ' show that the area near the equator of Mars has frozen water right below. This planet's surface.

Images taken by Mars' orbiting probe ' Mar's Reconnaissance Orbiter ' to NASA.

NASA obtained these photos after meteorites collided and created new holes 1 to 2.5 meters deep on Mars's surface. Ice-free water is exposed from these pits with 99% purity, not the mixed material formed by dirt and ice as scientists thought before.

Although traces on most of Mars's surface indicate that the red planet once had runoff, this new finding provides additional evidence that water has on Mars and also helps scientists find Get a new way to explore clues about frozen water on this Earth ' brother '.

A member of the University of Arizona research group, Shane Byrne, who is responsible for operating high-resolution imaging cameras (HiRISE) of ' Mar's Reconnaissance Orbiter ', says these frozen countries are what remains of the type. The climate is wetter than just a few thousand years ago.

He stressed that the country plays a vital role in life, any discovery of water has important implications for the study of evidence of life that might have appeared on Mars before.

Megan Kennedy, another member of the research team, added that these new photos show that many places on Mars previously had tape coverage and what is under the current Mars surface. back of that ice. This ice is about 1 meter thick, essentially containing the same amount of water as the ice sheets in Greenland.

According to Megan Kennedy, the underground burial band covers nearly half of the total area of ​​Mars.

Traces of sea ice on Mars (Photo: Mars-ice.org)