Traces of hydrothermal springs found on Mars

The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Martian orbiter found on the surface of the Red Planet two characteristic regions with large-scale sulfide deposits, characteristic circular and elliptical formations, and also much lighter in color than the rest of the planet. NASA experts believe that the new discovery is nothing more than traces of hydrothermal springs that "worked" at the moment when liquid was present on Mars.

Experts note that on our planet hydrothermal springs are the first habitat of the very first representatives of life. On Earth, such sources exist in the oceans, and their contribution to the heat flux of the Earth is about 20%, of which about 35 billion tons of highly mineralized hot (350 ° C) water through the so-called black smokers expire annually.

As for Mars, here the sources are located between the crater plateaus of the western part of the Earth Arabia and the Crater Vernal. According to scientists, a few billion years ago there could be water in this region.
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NASA notes that a primitive life could also have originated near Martian hydrothermal sources, since 2-3 billion years ago there were almost the same initial conditions on Earth. Sources could provide potential life with heat, energy, and organic compounds.

Unfortunately, now this is just a theory, since today Mars has become perfectly dry and very cold. "You need to study the surface of Mars from its orbit to find new traces of the sources or to make sure they are not there," said Carlton Allen, a specialist at NASA's Space Center Johnston.

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