New Delhi:
Due to the unique colors of human beings, Mars has always been the subject of human fascination. The question is nicknamed “Red Planet”, what exactly gives the planet the color?
CNN reported that scientists have learned from space orbit and landers that the rust-colored dust covering the Earth is the dust that gives Mars a red hue. Similar to the process on Earth, it produces iron oxide when iron in rocks interacts with water or water with oxygen.
Martian winds then crossed the iron oxide across the planet for billions of years, breaking it down into dust and giving the Earth its iconic color.
Since Mars no longer has liquid water, scientists previously thought its rust red comes from hematite in dust (such as hematite). But, based on new analysis of satellite data and laboratory procedures, iron rock may be a better explanation for the red of the Earth.
“Why Mars is bragged by red numbers,” said Adomas Valantinas, a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Earth, Environment and Planetary Sciences and a postdoctoral researcher. Hundred (not even thousands of years). ” USA Today.
He added: “Mars is still the red planet. It’s just our understanding of why Mars turns red.”
Ironman Dust as a major component of Martian dust may have significant implications for our past and the potential for extraterrestrial life. According to Valantinas, the presence of the Iron Man on Mars shows that the Earth initially had a liquid water environment, which was crucial to life.
The study offers “an opportunity to open the door,” said study co-author Jack Mustard. He stressed that although the results are encouraging, they can only be verified by actual samples taken from Mars.
NASA’s perseverance rovers are now collecting them, and when it returns to Earth, scientists will be able to confirm whether Fullerin’s idea is accurate.
