{"id":8017,"date":"2018-07-31T12:20:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T15:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/?p=8017"},"modified":"2022-10-18T08:10:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T11:10:27","slug":"nasa-water-on-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/nasa-water-on-mars\/","title":{"rendered":"Water on Mars: What you need to know &#8211; and see"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Researchers have found evidence of an existing body of liquid water on Mars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A new paper\u00a0titled <a href=\"http:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/early\/2018\/07\/24\/science.aar7268\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars<\/a>\u00a0was published on Science. The article suggests that liquid water may be sitting under a layer of ice at Mars&#8217; south pole.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Water is considered one of the fundamental requirements for life. This is the first stable body of liquid water ever found on Mars, and it could be considered a potential habitat,&#8221; explained Roberto Orosei, a lead scientist at the Institute of Radioastronomy in Italy who analyzed the data.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This discovery is especially amazing because there are underground lakes like this near Earth\u2019s poles, mainly in Greenland and Antarctica. One of these lakes, the\u00a0subglacial Lake Whillans in Antarctica, isn&#8217;t on the surface of the Earth\u00a0for millions of years.\u00a0 And recently,\u00a0scientists\u00a0found bacteria still living there in complete isolation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Lake Vostok, underneath miles of ice,\u00a0has been ice-covered for at least 15 million years.\u00a0Analysis of the life forms suggests Lake Vostok may harbor a unique ecosystem based on chemicals in rocks instead of sunlight, living in isolation for hundreds of thousands of years.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8026\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8026\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-8026 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/antarcticlakes.jpg\" alt=\"AntarcticLakes\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/antarcticlakes.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/antarcticlakes-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8026\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An infographic of the Lake Vostok, the largest known subglacial lake in Antarctica. Liquid water is thought to take thousands of years to pass through the lake, which is the size of North America&#8217;s Lake Ontario. Credit: Nicolle Rager-Fuller \/ NSF<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"fig-desc\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"fig-desc\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"fig-desc\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scientists have also found microorganisms underground into mines. These microorganisms are related to ancient species that once lived in watery environments. Such migrations raise the possibility of the same thing happening on Mars \u2014 as the water retreated, life moved deeper underground.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The best images of water on Mars<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You know we believe that science can\u00a0needs to be visual.\u00a0 If you want to show details and make\u00a0the reader pay attention in your work, visual resources are a great tool.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, I selected the best images of this recent discovery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>01. The Mars&#8217; south polar cap, taken with the European Space Agency&#8217;s Mars Express orbiter.\u00a0ESA\/DLR\/FU Berlin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomy.com\/news\/2018\/07\/liquid-water-on-mars\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8023 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ca_0727nid_mars_south_polar_ice_cap_online.jpg\" alt=\"ca_0727NID_Mars_South_Polar_Ice_Cap_online\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ca_0727nid_mars_south_polar_ice_cap_online.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ca_0727nid_mars_south_polar_ice_cap_online-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>02. Also, the Mars&#8217; south polar cap and the Mars Express\u2019s color-coded findings superimposed at the site where they were detected.\u00a0ESA\/DLR\/FU Berlin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/science-environment-44952710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8030 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gdgh.png\" alt=\"gdgh\" width=\"613\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gdgh.png 613w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/gdgh-300x160.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>03.\u00a0 And for the last,\u00a0the European Space Agency\u2019s Mars Express spacecraft searching the planet\u2019s south pole for liquid water.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>ESA\/INAF\/Davide Coero Borga<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/25\/science\/mars-liquid-alien-life.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8027 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mindthegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ffs.png\" alt=\"ffs\" width=\"694\" height=\"842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ffs.png 694w, https:\/\/mindthegraph.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/ffs-247x300.png 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/jpl\/nasa-statement-on-possible-subsurface-lake-near-martian-south-pole\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Follow the Water&#8221;<\/a> has been one of the major goals of NASA&#8217;s Mars program. Water is currently driving NASA&#8217;s exploration into the outer solar system. Where ocean worlds &#8211; like Jupiter&#8217;s moon Europa &#8211; hold the potential to support life. Even protoplanets like Ceres may explain how water is stored in rocky &#8220;buckets&#8221; that transport water across the solar system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers have found evidence of an existing body of liquid water on Mars. A new paper\u00a0titled Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars\u00a0was published on Science. The article suggests that liquid water may be sitting under a layer of ice at Mars&#8217; south pole. &#8220;Water is considered one of the fundamental requirements for life. 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