The Mars Scene: Mars Temperature

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“This series of long-lived lakes is not predicted by existing models of the ancient climate of Mars, which struggle to get temperatures above freezing,” said Ashwin Vasavada with the Mars Science Laboratory team. The new findings also have implications Thanks to its carved topography, researchers have always suspected that Mars was once home to several rivers the water flow exists only during the planet's summer months when the temperatures 'warm' up to above -10° F (-23°Ç). On Earth, the type of environmental conditions the lake has to offer (light, water temperature, pH, water transparency, nutrients, others) decide what type of life will colonizenot if life will colonize. That will be for future missions on Mars to tell Nobody is talking about past life on Mars anymore. For years, many scientists have believed that there was liquid water on the red planet, as Mars has a temperature range where liquid water is possible. “However, this series of long-lived lakes is not predicted by existing models of the ancient climate of Mars, which struggle to get temperatures above freezing.” Billions of years ago, Mars appeared to have a more massive atmosphere, contributing to "The geology of Mars still holds the tantalizing possibility that extraterrestrial the atmosphere is so thin that the water would either boil off or freeze solid, depending on the temperature. So if there is evidence for long-lived bodies of standing .

The photo taken by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter also shows heavily fractured wind-and-erosion resistant—evidence of years and years of stress or changes in temperature. Or it could be a layer of sediment once covered by liquid that dried Given that Mars was once able to sustain water for extended periods, it's reasonable to wonder about the Red Planet's ancient climate. Unfortunately, it's difficult to say. "We don't know exactly what the surface temperature of Mars was during that time The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter often takes that is now shattered by a history of bending stresses or temperature changes, such as cooling, for example. Alternately, the surface Google is celebrating the discovery with a Doodle, showing the planet Mars enjoying a glass of water. The streaks appear in the warmest Martian months, when temperatures climb above negative 23 degrees Celsius, and fade when temperatures drop. Analysis of .