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jormungandrsjig OP t1_iud4w7e wrote

The meteoroid left quite a crater on the red planet, and it revealed glimmering chunks of ice in an entirely unexpected place — near the warm Martian equator.

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Beavshak t1_iud88sc wrote

What was used to view the crater? I didn’t see (or missed) it noted in the article.

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LittleCorndawg2 t1_iudcvcc wrote

I was reading that article and expected more about mars and then suddenly I was reading about lemurs picking their nose and eating the snot

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shanvanvook t1_iudhkbt wrote

Save you reading the article…it was filled with nougat.

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LiamColeE t1_iudpf4f wrote

Replying to jormungandrsjig (#341,552)

I mean, if there's water its not really a surprise. It gets well below freezing at night on Mars even at the equator and tops out at ~70f at the heat of the day, which isn't enough to melt large chunks of ice in a day.

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LeviathanGank t1_iudr3ay wrote

It's understandable they have little density in the atmosphere so the sound doesn't travel far

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TzedekTirdof t1_iuds82s wrote

The space rock was a lump of coal. Mars was very naughty that year.

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The_Minz t1_iudvm2m wrote

The fact that we are breeding Conan the Bacterium under Martian conditions is probably the most hilarious science fact i've learned today.

'Meanwhile, researchers tested a microbe nicknamed “Conan the Bacterium” under Mars-like conditions'

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LTTP2018 t1_iudzptw wrote

from the video “ we are suddenly realizing we don’t own all of this and there is a very aggressive competitor”. NASA man speaking about China also landing on Mars.

yeah USA you don’t own space. jeeeeezus can you please not start fighting over other planets?

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inkswamp t1_iue7om1 wrote

"Conan the Bacterium, what is best in life?"

"To dissolve a wide variety of organic compounds, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their chemical components.”

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dewayneestes t1_iuee6cz wrote

Replying to LeviathanGank (#346,460)

Honestly I was expecting the two Viking Landers, curiosity and the rest to all jump out from behind some hills and yell SURPRIISE!!!!

They’d throw Mars dust confetti at dancing dust devil strippers and serve mars ice cocktails. The party started out fun but grew awkward and ended early when the Viking landers tried to blame each other for not calling for the last 40 years.

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thenewcomputer t1_iug3a4k wrote

space rock? I suppose that's technically correct, but wouldn't it be more typical to say asteroid? or meteor?

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