Posted on 09/20/2019 8:31:03 PM PDT by amorphous
At midnight on Mars, the red planet’s magnetic field sometimes starts to pulsate in ways that have never before been observed. The cause is currently unknown.
That’s just one of the stunning preliminary findings from NASA’s very first robotic geophysicist there, the InSight lander. Since touching down in November 2018, this spacecraft has been gathering intel to help scientists better understand our neighboring planet’s innards and evolution, such as taking the temperature of its upper crust, recording the sounds of alien quakes, and measuring the strength and direction of the planet’s magnetic field.
As revealed during a handful of presentations this week at a joint meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress and the American Astronomical Society, the early data suggest the magnetic machinations of Mars are marvelously mad.
In addition to the odd magnetic pulsations, the lander’s data show that the Martian crust is far more powerfully magnetic than scientists expected. What’s more, the lander has picked up on a very peculiar electrically conductive layer, about 2.5 miles thick, deep beneath the planet’s surface. It’s far too early to say with any certainty, but there is a chance that this layer could represent a global reservoir of liquid water.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalgeographic.com ...
there’s more at 76 ... let me know how the story develops and how the publishing goes.
rally it should have been self-evident it was a farce; sorry to have misled you, but it seem satire and jokes are not so much recognised these days.
Did you read some of the other posts - in this thread, alone?
Never underestimate the limits of human ignorance.
Regards,
That’s Forbidden Planet, the machine created by the Krell to release them from physical form. Unfortunately they all went postal and killed them selves.
Never underestimate the limits of human ignorance.
Human ignorance is of two kinds: willful and untutored. Science threads seem to be mostly the latter with lots of silly stuff. What seems to be mostly missing is imagination. Too many people go with the ‘settled science’ angle or the ‘don’t rock the boat’ perspectives. Of course, science is never settled, and never progresses until someone rocks the boat. Thus comes imagination ...
I usually skip the silly Uranus and other pun jokes, looking for the ‘good’ stuff’. Else, when a post presents an opportunity, amid the silly clutter, I’ll throw something in for s...s and giggles. Too much serious stuff is not good for the soul.
Drilling for water 2.5 miles down on Mars wouldn’t be as difficult as on Earth...................
I hear ya, but so far, all of the probes sent to Mars have had trouble penetrating even the first few inches of the martian crust.
We send probes that are not much more than overgrown toys.
Send a Texas oil crew and their equipment and it’s a whole different story!............
Oh?
The 'RED' planet in dictates to me that a LOT of iron is present in the soil; so therefore...
Sure!
Just rearrange the equation...
Or...
Right out of War of the World’s. ;)
Oh yeah?
We actually HAVE well drilling equipment here!
Looks more orange than red to me.....Orange Planet Bad!
My first thought was some kind of feedback loop.
Oh my gosh. What a difference it makes depending on the punctuation. I meant to write “...matter was created using that energy!”
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