Is there water on Mars? And if there is could we have drunken it?

This planet appears lifeless, lifeless brick red, and very dry like a desert until you approach one of the red planet's poles, where you'll find a seemingly unending ice cover, so if you've been picturing Mars as an exceedingly dry location, you might want to reconsider. Scientists believe that there was once a lot of water on Mars, which is why they discovered ancient river valley networks and lake beds on the planet's surface. Furthermore, some minerals and rocks on Mars may have been developed under liquid water. Mars may have even endured severe floods 3.5 billion years ago, and there is even some water on Mars now.

Only until you approach one of the red planet's poles do you notice an infinite ice cap, so if you've been picturing Mars as an incredibly dry place you might need to reconsider your opinion. This planet appears lifeless brick red and very very dry like a desert. Scientists have discovered numerous old river valley networks and lake beds on the surface of Mars, which leads them to believe that there may have once been a great deal of water on the red planet. In addition, some minerals and rocks on Mars may only have developed in liquid water 3.5 billion years ago, and there is still some water on the planet now. Mars may have even undergone severe floods.

bringing any dormant Martian microbes

back to Earth

In other words, future Mars visitors should not have too many issues with drinking water on the red planet, but only if they bring the right purification equipment that can deal with any water quality, because as bad as running out of water in the middle of a desert sounds, experiencing it on another planet sounds much worse.

terrifying now If there is water on Mars, might there be other worlds in our solar system where we can find water? Sure, let's visit some of them. We'll start with Europa, one of Jupiter's largest moons. Astronomers consider Europa one of the most promising places in the solar system to search for new life forms, all because this Moon has a huge saltwater ocean with a depth of 40 to 100 miles.

There is additional evidence that the Ocean may contain warm water radiating from the moon's equator, implying that not only life but complex life may exist on Europa. Well, I assume we'll find out in 2030 when NASA's Europa Clipper reaches the satellite and does its probe, and then we'll move on to Enceladus.

People on Saturn's moon have known about this tiny quiet world since 1789. The Moon's diameter is only 310 miles, yet despite its small size, it's one of the most exciting places in our solar system since it, too, is believed to harbor a warm and salty liquid ocean. Watery eruptions occur on Enceladus daily, and the Moon spews from its ice geysers.

Astronomers believe the oceans are heated due to Saturn's tidal influence. The planet's tug may promote hydrothermal activity, which warms the oceans.

There are numerous places in the solar system where water may exist on the surface but its presence has yet to be proved, such as Ganymede, another moon of Jupiter that is the largest moon in the solar system, even larger than Mercury.

Astronomers have long suspected that an ocean exists beneath the Moon's 100-mile-thick ice crust, and in 2015, Ganymede's Aurora activity suggested that this ocean, unlike Europa's, could be warm and salty. The lack of ice geyser activity on Ganymede may be due to the much greater distance between Jupiter and Ganymede than previously thought.

an ocean beneath the Moon's 100-mile-thick ice crust There are also the maybes, which are worlds with water that we don't know the extent of.

liquid

Callisto, another of Jupiter's moons, is one of these places. It's quite far from its home planet and doesn't receive as much radiation as other moons, plus it has a magnetic field.

the field that surely provides some security

Astronomers claim there is water in this faraway world, but the moon's lack of geological activity may mean that it can't have an ocean without some kind of space antifreeze. In other words, all that water on Jupiter's satellite could be a huge, and I mean huge, chunk of ice.

People have known about it since 1801; however, its small size has made it difficult to study. Until recently, this space body was thought to be a rocky world; however, after the Dawn spacecraft arrived at Series in 2015 and examined the dwarf planet, a new theory emerged that Series may be less of a rocky ball and more of a watery world. If Ceres has an icy mantle and a slushy ocean beneath it, it might become the closest planet to Earth with an ocean.

Titan is Saturn's largest moon; it features some of the most numerous pools of liquid in the solar system; its surface is a slurry of water ice and ice formed of a variety of chemical compounds, for example.

Pluto is an icy world, but scientists believe it once had an ocean. The first is a theory that Pluto and its five moons were formed from the same materials after a powerful collision, and the second is the tidal forces between Pluto and its largest moon, Chera. Even better, this leaves open the potential that the ocean is still present; we simply need more time to investigate the dwarf planet. That's all for now; if you've satisfied your curiosity.