{"id":65,"date":"2021-05-20T17:50:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T17:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/?p=65"},"modified":"2022-07-29T17:10:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-29T17:10:17","slug":"salts-could-be-important-piece-of-martian-organic-puzzle-nasa-scientists-find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/index.php\/2021\/05\/20\/salts-could-be-important-piece-of-martian-organic-puzzle-nasa-scientists-find\/","title":{"rendered":"Salts Could Be Important Piece of Martian Organic Puzzle, NASA Scientists Find"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/viking_mars.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"985\" height=\"350\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/viking_mars.jpg 985w, https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/viking_mars-300x107.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/viking_mars-768x273.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the first photo ever taken on the surface of Mars. It was taken by NASA\u2019s Viking 1 spacecraft just minutes after it landed on the Red Planet on July 20, 1976.<br \/>\nCredits: Credits: NASA\/JPL<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aYBvQJwN714?mute=1\" width=\"1040\" height=\"760\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G6baLED8qdA?mute=1\" width=\"1040\" height=\"760\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A NASA team has found that organic salts are likely present on Mars. Like shards of ancient pottery, these salts are the chemical remnants of organic compounds, such as those previously detected by NASA\u2019s Curiosity rover. Organic compounds and salts on Mars could have formed by geologic processes or be remnants of ancient microbial life.<\/p>\n<p>By Lonnie Shekhtman<br \/>\nNASA\u2019s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/feature\/goddard\/2021\/salts-could-be-important-piece-of-martian-organic-puzzle-nasa-scientists-find-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacetegan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/clickheretoreadmorebutton.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the first photo ever taken on the surface of Mars. 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