Scientists believe that most of the water was suspended in the outer layer of Mars, that is, in its crust, which led to a widespread belief that the water of the red planet n exists only as a solid in rocks or as a gas in water vapour. .
But a new discovery indicates that there are also differences in fluids, according to the British Daily Mail.
The newspaper claims that the new discovery is a scientific breakthrough as it may provide the main possibilities for building extraterrestrial life.
And the Chinese “Zurong” rover, which landed on Mars in 2021, has finally discovered evidence that liquid water is present in sand dunes at low latitudes, towards the equator and away from its poles. .
Scientists say liquid water forms when salts from sand dunes melt frost, in the light of low temperatures.
However, water is likely to remain in this form for a short period of time, as water cannot remain liquid on Mars because it is too cold to remain liquid on the surface.
And last year, an international research team said liquid water could exist under the ice cap at Mars’ south pole.
And other researchers claimed in 2009 to have monitored, thanks to the “Phoenix Lander” probe, the water in the Arctic region.
But the new study represents this observational evidence for liquid water at low latitudes rather than high latitudes.
The main reason is that the temperature is relatively warmer at the equator, which means that living conditions are more stable than in regions near the poles.
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