Proof: there is water on Mars – Telegraaf.nl

Researchers have found evidence that liquid water occasionally flows on Mars. The water trickles down steep walls in the valleys and craters

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This is a minuscule quantity of brine water which is saturated with various salts. This lower melting point so the water briefly liquid can remain on Mars, where temperatures are extremely low.

The discovery is interesting because it means that conditions on Mars have always been favorable for the existence of life .

Press Conference

At 17:30 Dutch time NASA held a press conference to explain the groundbreaking discovery. Below are the main points that were discussed and questions were answered.

Pacific Ocean

It was said that Mars is a planet in many ways to our earth appeared, including the presence of water. ,, There was a huge ocean, but Mars underwent a major climate change causing the planet lost this, ” NASA reports at the meeting.

Seasons

On the pictures you can see how the landscape of Mars is constantly changing throughout the seasons. The temperature differences are huge. NASA: ,, We have evidence that there was water in the summer, but in the fall disappeared ”

Salts

,, water. is formed by salts that are transformed by chemical reactions to water. This water-based salt, flows along steep crater walls on Mars. It is however very little water and it takes only a moment, because water evaporates much faster than on earth. “

Live

,, it is very likely that there ever life must have been on Mars. The question is how susceptible it was and in what form. In 2020 goes another rover to Mars to collect samples from the surface. Then we can do more research into life on Mars. ”

,, So far we are the only evidence of life on earth. Even we are not sure how we were created, so can you imagine how difficult it is to figure out how and whether there is life on Mars (or have been). ‘

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