Several scientists have discovered a reservoir of liquid water inside the cracks and pores of rocks in the middle of the crust of the planet Mars. This was the result of analyzes and studies conducted by scientists on data from the International Space Agency’s InSight vehicle. NASA. Data collected by the Mars rover over four years between 2018 and 2022 showed a tremor in the operation of Mars. As a result of analyzes and studies of scientists “seismic signals” of liquid water were found on Mars, as well as traces of frozen water and evaporation on the planet itself.
Speaking to the BBC about the new discoveries, Michael Manga, from the University of California, Berkeley, said that scientists used the same methods when they were looking for water on Earth. He said, “The liquid water reservoir on Mars is located 10 to 20 kilometers inside the rocky outer shell of the planet.”
Reuters quoted a scientist Planets“At these depths, the crust is warm enough for liquid water to exist,” said Vashan Wright, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and lead author of the study published Monday in the Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences. National Sciences, “At shallower depths, the water freezes.” “On Earth, we found microbial life deep on Earth where the rocks are full of water and there is a source of energy,” Manga said.
Water inside a Martian fracture
The InSight rover landed on the surface of Mars in 2018 to explore the red planet’s deep interior and collect data on its various layers, from its liquid metal core to its mantle and crust, and the mission ended in 2022. Wright said: “We combined the measured distance of seismic waves with gravity measurements and models.” Rock Physics Rock physics models are the only ones we use to measure the properties of the Earth’s water resources or map oil resources.a secret underground”.
The data showed that this reservoir of liquid water was inside cracked igneous rocks, which were created by cooling and solidifying magma or lava, in the Martian crust, the outer layer of the planet. “The middle crust, whose rocks are fractured and filled with liquid water, explains the seismic and gravity data,” Wright said, “There is water inside the fractures. “
(Anatolia, Al-Arabi Al-Jadeed)
