Researchers have found that all the water he left behind is hidden

Mars appears to us today as a desert world. But astronomers estimate that water flowed abundantly on the red planet billions of years ago. So much so that the entire planet may have been covered by an ocean at a depth of about 100 to 1,500 meters. Equal to half of our Atlantic Ocean. To explain the disappearance of this water, researchers generally blame the low gravitational force that rules Mars. It would have simply allowed water to escape into space.

Water has flowed on Mars in the past

However, new data show that this is the case “Atmospheric Leak” Most of the water that has disappeared from does not count The surface of Mars. In contrast, they suggest that the Red Planet still has 30 to 99% of the water that has flowed in the past. Trapped in minerals in the Mars Crust.

To achieve this conclusion, the Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech, United States) Cross-reference data collected by many Mars missions From NASA. They compared them with observations of laboratory work on telescopes and meteors. Their idea: to study the amount of water on Mars, its shape over time (vapor, liquid or gas) and the chemical composition of the atmosphere and the crust of the Red Planet.

Lack of recycling

This is most accurately the ratio of deuterium to hydrogen, which puts the chip in their ears. Keep in mind that deuterium is a heavier form of hydrogen. Therefore the tendency to escape from a planet’s atmosphere due to gravity deficiency is less than that of hydrogen. In fact, if a planet loses water Via Atmosphere above it, refers to a word in the process statement Deuterium On the said hydrogen …

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