There are most likely liquid water on Mars. The conclusion presented Nasa afternoon at a press conference. There are researchers in the US who say they have found the first clear evidence for traces of salt solutions on the surface of the planet recently been in contact with the water.
Several heavy names, each with at the press conference in the evening, including NASA’s director of planetary science, Jim Green, and the head of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program, Michael Meyer.
But even doctoral student Lujendra Ojha and Alfred McEwen, Head of the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera onboard the super space probe March Reconnaisance Orbiter .
The latter two have long done research on water on Mars. Earlier, they determined that there were once large oceans on Mars, and it almost certainly is water on the planet today – in any form.
If it is confirmed that liquid water on the Martian surface would it is a historic step for space research, and would in turn bring a range of issues:
Where will the water come from? And what does it mean for the prospects for extraterrestrial life on Mars?
Ulrika Björkstén manage Vetenskapsradion and believe that this evening’s press conference can be exciting.
– There’s no one who has been up there and downloaded water, but it is still spectral analyzes. But it’s very exciting because water is considered a prerequisite for finding life, she says.
What does it mean if it is confirmed that there is liquid water on Mars? How much closer are we to detect extraterrestrial life on Mars?
– When you still have to say that we are much closer simply because water is considered a condition. Then could it be that there is water, but there is life, but it’s hard to imagine life without water. But that’s what makes it so interesting. Anything that does not make the earth unique is interesting, because then increases the chances that must be life somewhere else, even if it is not on that March.
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