Monday, July 4, 2022 – 16:24 WIB
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VIVA Digilife – Recently a study showed that planet Mars is known livable and can accommodate life in the long term. If it’s true, do you intend to live and live on the planet Mars?
Launching from Science Alertthrough a thorough study of images taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, planetary scientists have identified clay-bearing sediments throughout northern Ladon Valles, southern Ladon basin and the southwest plateau around the Ladon basin, all part of the cratered Margaritifer Terra area. large.
The clay indicates the presence of water in the long term. That’s because the crater was formed under neutral pH conditions with minimal water evaporation. According to researchers, water has flowed here from about 3.8 billion years ago to about 2.5 billion years ago in a large stretch of Mars’ history.
“In addition, the multi-layered sediments are brightly colored which show a relatively low slope of the layer and contain 200 kilometers of clay [124 mil] in the distance is evidence that a lake most likely exists within the Ladon basin and northern Ladon Valles.” Catherine Weitz, a senior scientist at the Planetary Science Institute in Arizona, was quoted by VIVA on Monday, July 4, 2022.
“The low-energy lake setting and the presence of clay supported an environment favorable for life at that time.” he continued.
While this is not evidence of life, it does point to conditions that might support life on Mars. This is the latest study to interpret conditions on Mars by what we can see from its surface and sediments.
At first the researchers thought the clay formed around higher ground above the Ladon basin, before being eroded by waterways and transported downstream to a lake in the Ladon basin and northern Ladon Valles.
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