Mars has a 2 to 15 inch ice sheet. Dust was also found with him. Along with this, scientists have come to know one more mysterious thing about this planet, due to which the possibility of life here increases greatly. In other words, scientists hope that it is possible to survive on Mars.
One of the closest planets to Earth is Mars. Not for the first time, Mars has been attracting scientists for a long time. Now scientists are hoping for extraterrestrial life in the icy parts of the red planet. NASA and other space agencies have conducted missions here many times for research. Strange news came out after so long.
In fact, like Earth, Mars is supposed to be a habitable zone. Because both live at such a distance from the Sun that it is common to survive here. The world itself is proof of that. But the search for that life on Mars was not found until now. Finally got the hint.
A new study has led scientists to believe that photosynthesis-like processes can occur beneath the Red Planet’s dry ice. Due to this, the possibility of finding life even under the ice is strong.
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What is the process of photosynthesis?
Plants, algae and cyanobacteria produce chemical energy during the process of photosynthesis. This again requires sufficient water and sunlight. Most of the oxygen in the Earth’s atmosphere is produced in this process of photosynthesis. According to another new study, Mars has a thick cover of ice near its poles. So there might be life underneath it.
Radiative Habitable Zone
In fact recently, NASA has analyzed various data from spacecraft such as Mars Orbiter, Perseverance Rover, Mars Sample Return and ExoMars. Based on that data, scientists also think that life could exist under the ice, through photosynthesis or some similar process, to avoid the intense rays of the sun. This is called the radiative habitable zone. But if you go to Mars and investigate under the ice, only then can you be completely sure about the matter.
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Is it really possible to live on Mars?
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory researcher and colleague Aditya Khullar said in this context that ‘We are not saying that life has been discovered on Mars, but we believe that there is a possibility of life under the dusty and dried-out ice sheets of Mars. This can be investigated in the future.’
Meanwhile, it is also known that Mars has run out of water. Because Aditya Khullar himself has said that Mars has no protective shield like Earth’s ozone layer. Due to this, 30 percent more ultraviolet rays are emitted, which is very dangerous for life.
However, there is one piece of information that gives hope in the midst of so much despair. That data analysis suggests that Mars has between 2 and 15 inches of ice cover. 0.1 percent dust was also found in it. Due to the mixing of snow and dust, the snow can be 7 to 10 feet thick in some places. Due to this, the effect of the sun’s ultraviolet rays is also reduced. In such a situation, the possibility of the development of life under the ice increases.
There are mainly two types of ice on Mars: water ice and carbon dioxide ice. Scientists think that this ice dust may help sunlight melt the ice to form pools of water. Although, on the surface of Mars, ice is difficult to melt because the planet’s atmosphere is so thin, the dust beneath the ice can melt if it gets enough sunlight.
As on Earth, dust trapped in ice creates holes, blocking out sunlight. Then the ice melts and forms small pools. Life expectancy also increases. Arizona State University’s Phil Christensen thinks this could happen on Mars as well. Sufficient light reaches three meters below the surface of Mars, he claims, to allow photosynthesis in the small pools formed when the ice melts. Believing this, scientists are now looking for areas on Mars where such pools might be found.