Is there water on Mars? According to the Italian Space Agency, if

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There have been many debates that have led to such an important issue for human beings to live on other planets, such as the fact that there is water on it. In this very special case, at least for as long as I can remember, people have been talking about whether or not water can exist on Mars. According to the latest statement that has been officially published by the Italian Space Agency the answer is yes.

As a preview, let me tell you that on this occasion it has been one of the radars with which the Mars Express was equipped at the time, which has been able to detect nothing less than a huge bag of water about 20 kilometers long. This enormous amount of water would be found a kilometer and a half deep very close to the south pole of the planet.

To better understand the discovery that we have in front of us, tell you that once we know that there is water on Mars, future research that will be carried out on the neighboring planet will be very directed at the search for any form of life on Mars.

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This discovery has been possible thanks to the use of very precise instruments such as MARSIS

Thanks to this discovery, it has been possible to confirm an old theory with a lot of tradition behind it, where there was talk of the great probability that there was some kind of underground lake at the poles of Mars. As a detail, let me tell you that, apparently, we are talking about a saltwater lake, which allows it to be kept in liquid state.

In order to discover an underground lake of this type, what at the time was baptized as MARSIS, a very delicate instrument that is capable of study the geology of Mars using radio waves. The idea is that these waves bounce off the ground and return to the device. Depending on the intensity with which these waves return, experts can know the composition of the subsoil.

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Mars Express has so far only been able to explore a small part of the south pole of Mars.

Because this investigation has been carried out using the Mars Express we have had to wait much longer than we would like to discover this area with water on Mars. Specifically, and according to what has been revealed, the experts apparently needed the probe to fly over no less than 29 times the same area, something he did between 2012 and 2015. Later, all this data, once it reached Earth, had to be processed and studied carefully.

The truth is that at the momentThe Mars Express has only had time to explore a small part of the south pole of Mars Therefore, we must not rule out that there are more lakes like the one that has been discovered, something that, according to many of the researchers who have worked on this project or whose results they are closely following, is very likely.

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According to several experts, there is a high probability that there are more lakes like this under the soil of Mars.

For now, the truth is that you have to be careful with the results they have had in the Italian Space Agency. With this I do not want to say that they are not correct, but now the time has come that, taking into account the exact position of this lake, there will be many scientists and experts who will study the data to see if, based on their knowledge and experiences, they can corroborate the results which the authors of this paper have reached.

Once this research is validated by other groups, it is time to study this entire area in depth, especially the possible existence of microorganisms in these waters. In this sense, some respectable voices already announce that, despite the existence of water, it is very difficult for any microorganism that we know of to live in the environment where is the lake On the other hand, it is also true that, if there was ever life on Mars, it is very possible that there are still remains in the area.


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  1.   pilaf said

    I find you very funny, how false you become in order to deceive the staff, anything goes. 1º is an assumption, but you read the article and it is confirmed, when it is an assumption of the Italian space agency, which will surely be short of funds to deliver news like this and be able to attract the attention of the international community.
    2° in marten no water will be found, because the conditions of atmosphere and temperature do not allow it.
    3° much less will life be found, since any form of life, no matter how "simple" it claims to be, is so, so complex, that it is impossible for it to appear from inanimate matter, nor under any mixture or combination made by trillions and more trillions of years of time.
    And 4th, what the hell paints a space story in a gadget news block?
    They will have paid you a lot of money to copy/paste such an aberration and savage news that has nothing to do with what we hope to read in your blog.