Liquid water exists on mars
Pretty cool if you ask me!
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/28/us/mars-nasa-announcement/
September 28, 2015
Liquid water exists on mars
Pretty cool if you ask me!
http://www.cnn.com/2015/09/28/us/mars-nasa-announcement/
13 Comments • Newest first
[quote=acuppa]liquid water is a requirement for supporting life (as we know it). NASA's approach to the search for extraterrestrial life is literally "follow the water"
on top of that though, we know that mars once harbored a LOT of water, but we don't know what *happened* aside from some kind of catastrophic climate change[/quote]
Mars electromagnetic field became weak for whatever reason, and the planet was bombarded by solar radiation that stripped the planet of its lighter molecules such as water. How the field weaken is unknown, but it has something to do with internal rotation of tbe liquid core.
@trueatheist: I knew it.
[url=http://imgur.com/YZXObbN]Seems about right[/url]
Credit: Reddit.
[quote=fun2killu]I believe there was evidence that mars had water in the distant past.
This just confirms it.[/quote]
I'm pretty sure anyone interested in this stuff would know that already captain obvious. Hell even people that ain't interested in this stuff know it. @enickma is also an idiot. THIS IS PROOOF... not speculation or evidence. PROOOOOF. Kids today are so dumb.
[quote=fradddd]Well we have water here too so I don't see what the big deal is.[/quote]
The big deal is that wherever we find water on Earth, we find life. If this holds true for Mars then it's likely there are microorganisms currently presiding on Mars. Such a discovery would be the first ever contact with alien life. It would also have huge ramifications, finding life on one of Earth's closest planets would disprove notions that Earth is unique in the development life and would further strengthen the theory that the universe is teeming with life. The historical/political/religious/scientific significance is extraordinary and unprecedented.
@acuppa yeah but who cares if Mars has water. We have a ton of water.
Probably taste like toilet water.
[quote=fradddd]Well we have water here too so I don't see what the big deal is.[/quote]
liquid water is a requirement for supporting life (as we know it). NASA's approach to the search for extraterrestrial life is literally "follow the water"
on top of that though, we know that mars once harbored a LOT of water, but we don't know what *happened* aside from some kind of catastrophic climate change
[url=http://www.theonion.com/article/nation-demands-nasa-stop-holding-press-conferences-51412]who cares though[/url]
Well we have water here too so I don't see what the big deal is.
[quote=wall]what do u mean it's old? you had proof there was water on mars before nasa did?[/quote]
i think what he means is that this information was already established, for decades we knew/speculated that Mars had water at some point in its past, even a few years ago (2009) we found [i]possible[/i] evidence that Mars has some water [url=http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/02/090218-water-mars-phoenix.html]in present day (2009)[/url], so saying that water has been found on mars isnt new, thats like saying Pluto still isn't a planet.
This is pretty old but it's still interesting as heck! Oh heck yes! I love mars.
I believe there was evidence that mars had water in the distant past.
This just confirms it.