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Blazewada
Mudiripoyina Bewarse
Username: Blazewada
Post Number: 24251
Registered: 08-2008
Posted From: 119.56.124.248
| | Posted on Monday, September 28, 2015 - 11:32 am: |
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Liquid water exists on the surface of Mars during the planet's warmer seasons, according to new research published in Nature Geosciences. This revelation comes from new spectral data gathered by NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), a spacecraft that studies the planet from orbit. The orbiter analyzed the chemistry of weird dark streaks that have been known to appear and disappear seasonally on the Martian surface. The analysis confirms that these streaks are formed by briny — or salty — water flowing downhill on Mars.
NASA has advertised these findings as the solution to a major Mars mystery: does the Red Planet truly have liquid water on its surface? Researchers have known that water exists in ice form on Mars, but it's never been confirmed if water can remain in a liquid state. The space agency is claiming that we now have that answer. |
Blazewada
Mudiripoyina Bewarse
Username: Blazewada
Post Number: 24250
Registered: 08-2008
Posted From: 119.56.126.159
| | Posted on Monday, September 28, 2015 - 11:28 am: |
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NASA will detail a major science finding from the agency’s ongoing exploration of Mars during a news briefing at 11:30 a.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 28 at the James Webb Auditorium at NASA Headquarters in Washington. The event will be broadcast live on NASA Television and the agency's website.
For NASA TV downlink information, schedules and to view the news briefing, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv |
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