Insight offers the opportunity to find an exotic life on Mars

Scientists are approaching the discovery of exotic life on Mars as NASA's Insight probe continues to explore the red planet.

Dr. Lewis Dartnell, a professor and researcher at Westminster University, who designed a portion of a vehicle used to detect signs of life on Mars, said that there was "a very good chance" of do it.

"What we do not know now, is that if there is life on Mars, how is it similar to our lives on Earth, is it really strange or fundamentally different, or does it work in a different way? " Or hard bacteria. "

The Insight probe reached the red planet on November 26 and transmitted incredible images of the rocky terrain of the planet. By examining and mapping the interior of Mars, scientists hope to discover why the rocky planets of our solar system differ greatly and why Earth has become a refuge for life.

In 2021, the European Space Agency (ESA) and its Russian counterpart will send an "ExoMars" vehicle to find life on Mars.

Mr. Dartnell has designed the Raman Spectrometer, a device capable of detecting organic compounds, which will be sent to space for the first time.

"It's used in the field to test the purity of drugs and explosives, and it's very helpful to find a small amount of organic compounds or signs of life," said Dartnell.

The probe is described as a miniature laboratory that digs two meters into the ground to look for bacteria and organisms.

"We hope that the soil will be drilled in the harsh conditions on the surface of Mars by digging two meters below the surface and that we will find the bacteria capable of destroying the particles," said Dr. Dartnell.

More recently, a huge, liquid lake has been discovered beneath the southern ice sheets of Mars. The Mars Express orbiter of the European Space Agency (ESA) used radar waves to penetrate the surface of the red planet from May 2012 to January 2015 and amazing water evidence was discovered .