In NASA announced the discovery of blue sky on Pluto and traces of lakes on Mars – Sight

Data from devices NASA, suggest that the sky over Pluto, as on Earth, blue, and on Mars for a long time could be the lake.

According to data obtained from space probe New Horizons, in the atmosphere of Pluto observed a blue haze. According to the researchers, this effect is due to the presence in the atmosphere of organic particles, the so-called Tolya. By themselves, the particles are gray or red, but their size makes it possible to reflect the sunlight so that when viewed Pluto’s atmosphere appears blue, RIA “Novosti”.

In addition, the probe found on the surface of Pluto small areas covered with ice. The pictures with frozen water areas depicted in red. Scientists are trying to find out what can be caused by such an unusual color of frozen water.

Another group of researchers Space Agency said the rover Curiosity on Mars found evidence of ancient lakes. “The data from the rover suggest that approximately 3,8-3,3 billion years ago on Mars for a long time there were lakes and rivers,” – said of the Laboratory for the Mars Exploration Ashwin Vasavada.

At the end of September, NASA specialists convened an unscheduled press conference to announce a “major scientific discoveries” in the development of Mars. They turned out to detect on Mars flowing rivers, which implies the possible existence of life on it.