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NASA is currently preparing for its upcoming missions both to the Moon and to Mars along with its other upcoming launches in between. The agency recently released photos taken by its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, showing what looks like the remnants of an avalanche that occurred on the Red Planet.
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter or MRO continues to give astronomers and NASA further understanding of the Red Planet as it observes the phenomena that may be occurring in the landscape. With the use of its HiRISE camera, the MRO snapped an avalanche on the Martian terrain, falling off a 1,640 feet high cliff. The recent photos that were taken by the MRO also reveal a bit of Mars’ north pole and what the polar region looks like in its supposed spring season. NASA says the avalanche was triggered by the Red Planet’s changing temperatures during its spring.
“As temperatures increase and vaporize ice, the destabilized ice blocks break loose and kicks-up dust,” said the space agency.
NASA successfully launched its Perseverance Rover, which is on its way to Mars at the moment and is expected to touch down by February 2021. The rover will be tasked to search for life forms or remains of life forms on the Martian terrain, as the agency’s effort to see if there is life or if there was once life on the Red Planet.
However, it seems like it is not just Mars that could potentially be home to life, but other exoplanets in the universe as well may be boasting habitable conditions. According to a new study, other star systems in the universe may be hosts to up to seven exoplanets that have the same conditions as Earth.
The researchers of the study also believe that it may be because of a gas giant similar to Jupiter that could play a big role in these Earth-like exoplanets. Professor Stephen Kane of the University of California Riverside focused on one particular star system Trappist-1. This star system has three Earth-like exoplanets in the part known as the habitable zone. Professor Kane expressed curiosity regarding the number of Earth-like exoplanets in the universe, feeling that it did not seem to be fair that our own Solar System has only one.
