Scientists were shocked by an extremely important and significant discovery for further actions. As it turned out, a huge zone was discovered on the territory of the Red Planet, where life could have existed 4,000,000,000 years ago.
Scientists analyzed rocks that were obtained using the Odysseus mission. As it turned out, they contain a significant amount of irradiated potassium and thorium. However, it was found that their number about 4 billion years ago was significantly larger. Having carried out simple calculations, the experts determined that the amount of these substances was so huge that the standard process of radiolysis of water was possible. And this makes it possible for microorganisms with a chemosynthetic way of nutrition to live.
In the course of the study, it turned out that the transformation of water molecules under the influence of ionizing radiation could lead to the accumulation of enough hydrogen for at least the most primitive ecological system for microbes to exist for several million years. The potential life zone is vast, and the thickness of this shell is several kilometers.
