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Oxygen on Mars is unexplainable

Oxygen on Mars

Oxygen on Mars behaves in an unknown way on Earth. However, there is a clue to the unexplained behavior. 

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Curiosity data on Mars

Data from Curiosity, which is located on Mars, has revealed interesting facts about how oxygen behaves on the red planet. Since, it behaves in an inexplicable way. This research was published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets.

That is to say, this robot is not only exploring the rocks below the surface. Curiosity also takes readings of Mars’ atmosphere to measure seasonal atmospheric changes.

Oxygen on Mars is unexplainable
Oxygen on Mars is unexplainable

Oxygen on Mars behaves in an unexplainable way

Most importantly, scientists analyzing the measurements have noticed that oxygen in the planet’s atmosphere is not behaving as expected. Do not stop at anything as we know it on earth. There is actually not that much oxygen on Mars.

In conclusion, most of its atmosphere, which is thin, is made up of:

  • 95% by volume is carbon dioxide.
  • The rest is made up of 2.6% molecular nitrogen.
  • 1.9% argon.
  • 0.16% molecular oxygen.
  • 0.06% carbon monoxide.

Also, nitrogen and argon behaved exactly as expected. However, oxygen increased during the spring and summer by as much as 30%, but then fell back to normal levels during the fall.

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In short, there is no known process that can produce this result.

“We are struggling to explain this,” said planetary scientist Melissa Trainer of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. “The fact that the behavior of oxygen is not perfectly repeatable every season makes us think that it is not a problem that has to do with atmospheric dynamics. It has to be a chemical source that we still can’t understand. “

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In addition, there is a clue to the unexplainable behavior of oxygen on Mars.

First, methane rises dramatically during the summer months on Mars, increasing by as much as 60%. Second, sometimes methane and oxygen levels even seem to go up in duet. Also, it is highly likely that whatever is causing the methane fluctuations is also causing the oxygen fluctuations.

“We have not yet been able to find a process that produces the amount of oxygen that we need,” said astronomer Tim McConnochie of the University of Maryland.

“But we have the theory that there has to be something on the surface of the ground that changes seasonally because there are not enough oxygen atoms available in the atmosphere to create the behavior that we see,” explained the expert.

Red planet images

How does the atmosphere of Mars behave?

These are recent images taken in 2021, of the planet Mars. High resolution photos like we have never seen before. Now we can explore if there are living conditions to be able to populate that planet in the future. A new exploration of humanity, in search of new horizons.

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