09-29-2022, 09:24 PM
https://news.sky.com/story/mars-new-stud...t-12707625
British scientists say they have found evidence which "gives the best indication yet that there is liquid water on Mars".
Their study is the first independent lead using data, apart from radar, that such water lies beneath the red planet's south polar ice cap.
But the experts have also cautioned that it "does not necessarily mean that life exists on Mars".
As with the situation on Earth, Mars has ice caps at both poles, which contain a combined volume of water ice similar to the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Earth's ice sheets are underlain by water-filled channels and grand subglacial lakes.
Yeah, I've long suspected there might be liquid water on Mars (or, most likely, underneath it ), so it's nice to have more evidence to back up my suspicions!
Doesn't necessarily mean there's life there, of course - but it does improve the odds .
British scientists say they have found evidence which "gives the best indication yet that there is liquid water on Mars".
Their study is the first independent lead using data, apart from radar, that such water lies beneath the red planet's south polar ice cap.
But the experts have also cautioned that it "does not necessarily mean that life exists on Mars".
As with the situation on Earth, Mars has ice caps at both poles, which contain a combined volume of water ice similar to the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Earth's ice sheets are underlain by water-filled channels and grand subglacial lakes.
Yeah, I've long suspected there might be liquid water on Mars (or, most likely, underneath it ), so it's nice to have more evidence to back up my suspicions!
Doesn't necessarily mean there's life there, of course - but it does improve the odds .
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