Liquid water lake on Mars!
tampa — A massive underground lake has been detected for the first time on Mars, raising the possibility that more water — and maybe even life — exists there, international astronomers said on Wednesday.
Located under a layer of Martian ice, the lake is about 20km wide, said the report led by Italian researchers in the US journal
Science. It is the largest body of liquid water ever found on the Red Planet. This particular lake, however, would not be drinkable, and lies almost a 1.5km beneath the icy surface. —
dubai — The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) has launched the Braille version of its book on the Emirates Mars Mission and Hope Probe. The centre has dedicated the book to the people of determination in the Arab World.
The book’s foreword has been authored by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. It details the UAE’s ambitious project to explore Mars by 2020 and the first Arab probe that will be launched into space as a part of this project.
The MBRSC has extended an invite to educational institutions and healthcare organisations for people of determination to contact the centre and receive a copy of the book.
Yousuf Hamad Al Shaibani, director-general of the MBRSC, said: “The MBRSC places special emphasis on integrating people of determination into the scientific community as well as into the future of the country’s space sector. By increasing their knowledge and their awareness of the many national initiatives that are being launched, we have aligned ourselves with the national policy initiated by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid to empower people of determination and to create an inclusive society.”
The MBRSC has given copies of Emirates Mars Mission — Hope Probe Book in Braille version to a number of students from Zayed Higher Organisation (ZHO) for Humanitarian Care and Space Needs at the time of their visit to the centre. During the visit, the students got the chance to know more on the centre’s various initiatives and programmes which are geared to strengthen the UAE’s position in the space sector.