Scientists have discovered evidence, taken from the Gale Crater using NASA’s Curiosity rover, that Mars has liquid brine water just below its surface.
Although it‘s been known that Mars harbors ice water, even glacial belts of ice water, scientists have previously thought that liquid could not be present due to the Red Planet's freezing climate.
According to a paper published in scientific journal Nature, the latest findings suggest that Martian soil holds liquid brine due to the presence of calcium perchlorate, a salt that lowers the freezing point of water to roughly -70C.
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Although it‘s been known that Mars harbors ice water, even glacial belts of ice water, scientists have previously thought that liquid could not be present due to the Red Planet's freezing climate.
According to a paper published in scientific journal Nature, the latest findings suggest that Martian soil holds liquid brine due to the presence of calcium perchlorate, a salt that lowers the freezing point of water to roughly -70C.
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