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NASA Scientists have long speculated that there is organic salt on Mars, and NASA thinks that it has found a way to prove it. The study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, indirectly points to the presence of organic salts using data from the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) — a portable chemistry lab inside the Curiosity rover. In order to confirm what the data is suggesting, the lead author of the paper, James MT Lewis, has suggested using the Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instrument. The task is challenging because billions of years of radiation have erased or br...

Published March 17, 2021, 8:40 AM Billions of years ago, Mars was home to lakes and oceans — but where all the water went to transform the planet into the desolate rock we know today has been something of a mystery. This NASA image released on March 5, 2021, was captured while NASA’s Perseverance rover drove on Mars for the first time on March 4, 2021. (Photo by – / NASA/JPL-CALTECH / AFP/ FILE PHOTO) Most of it was thought to have been lost to space, but a new study funded by NASA proposes that it didn’t go anywhere but is trapped within minerals in the crust. “We’re saying that...

Water on Mars May Be Lying Underneath the Surface Share Getty Images To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. For as long as we can remember Mars has always been the “red” planet. The red dirt and rock that makes up the planet’s surface have always given desert wasteland vibes. But scientists believe Mars was once brimming with water and now they may know where it all went.

Mars landing: Riveting video from the Red Planet What happened to the water? "We're saying that the crust forms what we call hydrated minerals, so minerals that actually have water in their crystal structure," Eva Scheller, lead author of the paper in Science magazine told AFP news agency.  Mars is believed to to have once had enough water to cover the whole planet, to a depth of anything from around 100 to 1,500 meters (330 to 44,920 feet). As the planet lost its magnetic field, the atmosphere was stripped away and led to the loss of water. The study suggests that anywhere between 30 to 9...

23 shares This March 4, 2021 file photo made available by NASA was taken during the first drive of the Perseverance rover on Mars. The Perseverance rover has been on Mars for a month, collecting data and making discoveries with each passing day. (NASA/JPL-Caltech via AP) WASHINGTON (AFP) — Billions of years ago, Mars was home to lakes and oceans — but where all the water went to transform the planet into the desolate rock we know today has been something of a mystery. Most of it was thought to have been lost to space, but a new study funded by NASA proposes that it didn’t go anywh...