Evidence of Liquid Water Flow on Mars

Found evidence of water flow on Tue

Ques: The study of the findings of the water flow on the planet Mars was led by which of the following researcher of the Georgia Institute of Technology?

a. Amalendu Ojha
b. Raghavendra Kumar
c. Lujendra Ojha
d. Amarendra Ojha

Ans: c

Related facts:

  • September 28, 2015 new findings from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) provide the strongest evidence yet that liquid water flows intermittently on present-day Mars.
  • Using an imaging spectrometer on MRO, researchers detected signatures of hydrated minerals on slopes where mysterious streaks are seen on the Red Planet.
  • These darkish streaks appear to ebb and flow over time. They darken and appear to flow down steep slopes during warm seasons, and then fade in cooler seasons.
  • They appear in several locations on Mars when temperatures are above minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 23 Celsius), and disappear at colder times.
  • Lujendra Ojha of the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) in Atlanta, lead author of a report on these findings published Sept. 28 by ‘Nature Geoscience’.
  • It is notable that MRO has been examining Mars since 2006 with its six science instruments.

Reference:

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-confirms-evidence-that-liquid-water-flows-on-today-s-mars