Water Hidden Beneath Mars Surface New Study Challenges Previous Claims Said Its Just Empty Space

Scientists have believed that Mars was once full of water. Evidence of the minerals made in the presence of ancient river valleys, flood channels and water indicates that liquid water sometimes flowed there. But the debate on how this red planet reached its current dry state is still going on. A recent research claimed that a large amount of water may accumulate under the surface of Mars, but now this claim has been challenged.

PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) published in a new Study It tells that Bruce Jakoski, Senior Research Scientist of University of Colorado Boulder, on this idea Raise questions Are that the mid-crust of Mars (below the surface) can be filled with water. Earlier, Von Wright of the University of California and his team analyzed the data of the Insight Mission of the NASA, stating that igneous rocks with cracks in the depth of Mars have the ability to accumulate water.

However, Jakoski argues that the seismic data on which this claim was made can also be interpreted differently. According to him, the pores present in the crust of Mars are not necessarily full water. He said that there can be snow or empty space below the surface of Mars, which makes it difficult to guess the exact amount of water.

In the right study, it was estimated that if all the holes present in the crust of Mars were filled with water, then this water could spread to a depth of 1 to 2 kilometers on the surface of the planet. But according to Jakoski, this estimate cannot be correct as these holes may have solid ice or they can also be completely empty. This means that the amount of water under the surface of Mars can be anything from zero to 2 kilometers, which has made the situation more uncertain than before.

At the moment it is not completely clear whether the water of Mars really exists. Data does not deny its possibilities, but does not confirm. According to Jakoski, more accurate measurement of the next space missions will be necessary to solve this mystery.