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Scientists and astronomers looking for any way to sustain life on any of the planets nearest to Earth have made a new stunning discovery regarding Mars.According to the UK’s Daily Mail, scientists believe they have discovered new evidence that liquified water may be under the surface of the red planet.
“The University of Cambridge-led study provides the first independent evidence that uses data other than radar that there’s liquid water beneath Mars’ south polar ice cap,” the outlet reported, adding that if true, it’s very possible that the planet once supported some forms of life.
Notes Dr. Frances Butcher, the second author of the University of Sheffield research effort, in a statement: “This study gives the best indication yet that there is liquid water on Mars today because it means that two of the key pieces of evidence we would look for when searching for subglacial lakes on Earth have now been found on Mars.”
“Liquid water is an essential ingredient for life, although it does not necessarily mean that life exists on Mars,” she noted further in a statement.
“In order to be liquid at such cold temperatures, the water beneath the south pole might need to be really salty, which would make it difficult for any microbial life to inhabit it,” her statement continued. “However, it does give hope that there were more habitable environments in the past when the climate was less unforgiving.”
DailyMail.com noted further that the international research team, which was also staffed by scientists from the University of Nantes and University College Dublin, employed spacecraft laser-altimeter measurements of the makeup of the upper ice cap surface in order to find subtle height patterns....<<<Read More>>>...
