Scientists believe that the glaciers of Mercury can support life

Scientists have obtained data in their recent studies that show that the salt glaciers of this planet may be able to support life.

According to Tekna technology and technology news service, while studying Mercury, scientists managed to discover evidence of the existence of natural glaciers in some polar regions of this planet, which can host life.

Alexis Rodríguez, a scientist at the Institute of Planetary Sciences and one of the senior researchers of this study, says: This new discovery can increase and expand our understanding of environmental parameters such as natural glaciers on Mercury.

According to researchers, there are natural glaciers made of salt instead of water under the surface of the polar regions of Mercury, and these regions are habitable in a way similar to the environments on Earth. The researchers in this research received the funding they needed from NASA’s Solar System Operation Program. This is despite the fact that many scientists had announced the existence of organic substances in the planet Jupiter and in its moon Ganymede in the past weeks.

If this theory is true, a new frontier will be created in astrobiology that can study life in the cosmos. In addition to identifying life in the harsh environments of the solar system, this discovery indicates that planets such as Mercury have habitable conditions throughout the galaxy. Previously, scientists thought that Mercury could not support life due to its proximity to the Sun. In this regard, Rodrigues said that glaciers can exist in all the objects of the solar system, even in the hottest and coldest ones.