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[-] silverbax@lemmy.world 157 points 5 months ago

In my lifetime we've gone from 'there's no water on Mars' to 'there's tons of water all over the equator, evaporating into the atmosphere daily then freezing on the surface at night'. Which is pretty cool.

[-] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 39 points 5 months ago

Well it'd have to be or it wouldn't freeze

[-] Branch_Ranch@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Dad! ๐Ÿ™„

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 151 points 5 months ago

Quick, send 200 billionaires to Mars to confirm this.

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 49 points 5 months ago

Just give first dibs to Nestle. They will find a way to get there.

[-] Havald@lemmy.world 78 points 5 months ago

I doubt it. There are no indigenous people there that rely on that water so nestle wouldn't be motivated enough to get it.

[-] Damage@slrpnk.net 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, it's no fun without the cruelty

[-] henfredemars@infosec.pub 8 points 5 months ago

Careful! Iโ€™m told those individuals are responsible for nearly all productive work on the planet.

[-] doodledup@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

But don't bring them back.

[-] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago
[-] Muscar@discuss.online 7 points 5 months ago

What would they do with their money on Mars?

[-] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Same thing they do here, hoard it

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[-] PancakeTrebuchet@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

We should send up some sea monkeys for hahas.

/s

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[-] SatouKazuma@ani.social 3 points 5 months ago

Don't send Elon, though. I'd rather we not contaminate the planet.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 months ago

I'd rather contaminate Mars with him than Earth.

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[-] TxzK@lemmy.zip 74 points 5 months ago

somebody stop Nestle before it's too late

[-] motor_spirit@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

๐Ÿฅ‚ this mf lmao

[-] PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago

"We can't allow the martians to continue to benefit from free water"

[-] MamboGator@lemmy.world 66 points 5 months ago
[-] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 months ago

Looks like a pimple under a microscope to me lol

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Who wants to sickle on that teat?

[-] yannic@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago

...needs to see a doctor about that infection, or at least get some Viaderm-K.C.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 52 points 5 months ago
[-] Psythik@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

I was about to say; isn't this about the dozenth time they've found water on Mars? It's not news anymore.

[-] TurtleJoe@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

It's the location that's surprising.

[-] Damage@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 months ago

Yeah, you'd expect milk there

[-] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 5 months ago

There's an image on Wikipedia I can't find showcasing water on Mars.

A glass of water on a Mars bar.

[-] gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 5 months ago

I wonder: Is there any experiment done on Mars that uses Spectroscopy to detect water?

I'm thinking of something like this:

Due to Absorbance, wet air should absorb specific frequencies of light.

[-] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 42 points 5 months ago

Wow that's incredible. We're still making such incredible discoveries despite Mars being so close to home.

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 26 points 5 months ago

Funny how we consider that "close" in terms of space. It's such a massive distance we can't really comprehend it and it's only the first planet out from us. Even at the speed of light it would take 3 minutes+ to get there! I'm no spacengineer but that's like 186k miles per sec. Or something. Space is big. Really big.

[-] Apeman42@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

Bigger even than 1989 Belgian techno anthem "Pump up the Jam".

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[-] elbarto777@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

For comparison, you can travel around the Earth's equator several times per second at the speed of light.

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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 36 points 5 months ago

the frost patches cover a vast area of each of the volcanoes, and its water content could fill roughly 60 Olympic swimming pools, measuring close to 29.4 million gallons (111 million liters) of water.

Wow! That's far more than I expected. I think it's probably more than anyone expected!

[-] JustRalph@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago

Mars nipple

[-] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 32 points 5 months ago

I've seen this dr.who episode

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 months ago

We should use the ice water to grow carrots and then look lovingly at the carrots and then hopefully we don't a zombies

[-] Leg@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Did you maybe a word?

[-] ronalicious@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago
[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago

Oil discovered on Mars

US gov: So anyways, we've decided that we suddenly LOVE NASA and are going to divert 1T$ to it

[-] KingJalopy@lemm.ee 19 points 5 months ago

Breaking news: terrorist operation discovered on Mars, potential of wmds.

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[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Isn't that Olympus Mons? 7 miles up?

[-] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

Lemmy read the article for you. Yes.

The frost sits within the Tharsis area, the largest volcanic region on Mars, which hosts 12 large volcanoes. This includes Olympus Mons, which is not only the tallest volcano on Mars but is also the tallest peak in the solar system at the height of 18.6 miles (29.9 kilometers), making it around 2.5 times the height of Mount Everest, the tallest mountain on Earth.

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Had a hunch so I googled the size of Phobos just now: 27 by 22 by 18 kilometers. Olympus Mons is larger than the bigger of Mars' two satelites.

Though it's probably more that I severely underestimated just how tiny Phobos and Deimos are. They feel bigger in Doom...

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[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago
[-] nifty@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Is there any sign of bacterial life? Amazing find.

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