Scientists have found evidence that There are reserves of liquid water in the crust of Mars . Based on the conclusions obtained from the data collected by NASA’s Mars InSight probe, it will be possible to direct further research into the possibility of life outside Earth .
The module collected information about the soil beneath it and provided information about its composition, providing evidence that there is liquid water on the planet — an element necessary for the existence of life.
Published this Monday (12) in the magazine Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesthe study used data that Mars InSight collected during a mission that lasted four years and ended in 2022.
“Understanding the Martian water cycle is essential to understanding the evolution of the Martian climate, surface and interior,” said Vashan Wright, a geophysicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and leader of the research.
Scientists are aware of the water ice at the poles, but its discovery in liquid form opens up new avenues for research into the possibility of habitation on Mars and extraterrestrial life. “A useful starting point is to identify where the water is and how much of it there is,” Wright said.
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Source: CNN Brasil
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