Nasa makes mysterious 'portal' discovery on Mars in major breakthrough to finding new world of alien life

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Nasa has admitted that a massive hole on Mars could be a "portal" leading to an underground world of alien life. The American space agency shared an image of the 300-foot-wide opening in the Martian landscape as its Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Rather than leave people guessing, Nasa suggested the giant hole appears to lead to a mysterious "lower level" that may support life. The perfectly rounded hole spans roughly 328 feet and is located in the upper-right portion of a satellite photo taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2017.

The cavity is surrounded by a circular crater, making the discovery even more mysterious. Nasa described the landscape as "Swiss cheese-like" with numerous holes showing "dusty, dark, Martian terrain beneath evaporating, light, carbon dioxide ice".

"Holes such as this are of particular interest because they might be portals to lower levels that extend into expansive underground caves," Nasa researchers said. "If so, these naturally occurring tunnels are relatively protected from the harsh surface of Mars, making them relatively good candidates to contain Martian life," they added.

Nasa also noted these pits are "prime targets for possible future spacecraft, robots, and even human interplanetary explorers."
 
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mate that's well mad. what if wwf send the rock through it and he finds demons and a weapon and says "big fucken gun" then becomes a bad guy and says "i'm not supposed to die" when he's about to die
 
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A cave is neat and would be nice if it did have some sort of living crap in it, but calling it a mysterious portal is very clickbaity.
 
bitbydeath said:
Coming from a website I'd agree, coming from Nasa and being recorded scientifically, well that is interesting.
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No, it's still trashy clickbait nonsense, what Nasa actually said is quite reasonable:

Holes such as this are of particular interest because they might be portals to lower levels that extend into expansive underground caves.

If so, these naturally occurring tunnels are relatively protected from the harsh surface of Mars, making them relatively good candidates to contain Martian life.
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Being more protected from the elements allows for a higher probability that if there is something to be found - and even in the unlikely case something will be found, it's in the class of bacteria/amoeba/single cells most likely - it might be found in a location like that.
 
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a'la mode said:
No, it's still trashy clickbait nonsense, what Nasa actually said is quite reasonable:



Being more protected from the elements allows for a higher probability that if there is something to be found - and even in the unlikely case something will be found, it's in the class of bacteria/amoeba/single cells most likely - it might be found in a location like that.
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GIF by Tokkingheads
 
Trogdor1123 said:
I'm all for being fun but it's just a big hole.

The search for clicks over facts is frustrating.
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I agree they didn't need to 'sex' it up by calling it a portal. It's nonsense and just leads to people thinking of some wacky sci-fi shit.

However, this is bigger than just a hole. It might lead to access to underground cave systems. Cave systems that might contain life. That's the real headline.
 
"Holes such as this are of particular interest because they might be portals to lower levels that extend into expansive underground caves," Nasa researchers said.

"If so, these naturally occurring tunnels are relatively protected from the harsh surface of Mars, making them relatively good candidates to contain Martian life," they added.
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NASA grifting with those National Enquirer statements. Probably afraid Elon will cut their funding.
 
IDKFA said:
I agree they didn't need to 'sex' it up by calling it a portal. It's nonsense and just leads to people thinking of some wacky sci-fi shit.

However, this is bigger than just a hole. It might lead to access to underground cave systems. Cave systems that might contain life. That's the real headline.
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Sus downplaying.
 
IDKFA said:
I agree they didn't need to 'sex' it up by calling it a portal. It's nonsense and just leads to people thinking of some wacky sci-fi shit.

However, this is bigger than just a hole. It might lead to access to underground cave systems. Cave systems that might contain life. That's the real headline.
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Agreed, the over sell diminishes the actual cool stuff that we would all sit up and notice.
 
kevboard said:
it's a crater that is in shadow... how is this in any way interesting?
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the way NASA described it, it sounds like they think it might be a volcanic tunnel I'd imagine

the OP literally quotes NASA talking about "lower levels that extend into expansive underground caves." what they're describing isn't a crater that is in shadow. NASA's position is obviously something else.

of course, it might end up being a crater. but the reason it is interesting is due to the notion that it might lead to a network of caves or something

edit: to be clear, lava tunnels are already a known thing on mars. this isn't some crazy theory. we've seen them before.
 
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I collect VHS tapes said:
the way NASA described it, it sounds like they think it might be a volcanic tunnel I'd imagine

the OP literally quotes NASA talking about "lower levels that extend into expansive underground caves." what they're describing isn't a crater that is in shadow. NASA's position is obviously something else.

of course, it might end up being a crater. but the reason it is interesting is due to the notion that it might lead to a network of caves or something

edit: to be clear, lava tunnels are already a known thing on mars. this isn't some crazy theory. we've seen them before.
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I just don't get what makes this special... on a planet of that size you'd assume there are plenty of cave entrances... unless they also plan to send a rover or other robot there to check it out, it seems pretty meaningless
 
kevboard said:
I just don't get what makes this special... on a planet of that size you'd assume there are plenty of cave entrances... unless they also plan to send a rover or other robot there to check it out, it seems pretty meaningless
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it is meaningless. if it is a cave, cave networks have been known about for a while. the article does make it seem like this is something new. maybe because the entrance is large, but we've known the caves are likely much larger than the ones on earth due to lower gravity on mars

so yes, maybe it isn't meaningless but its for sure nothing new

here is an old image of a lava tube skylight entrance on the Martian volcano Pavonis Mons.

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they're definitely neat, but not new

edit: to be fair, the conditions in caves are likely much different than the surface, obviously, leading to the possibility of life. maybe.

I do think it would be cool to eventually study them more and send something in to explore
 
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Come on, fact-checking GAF. The link in the OP is GB News, and is part of a cut-and-paste circle that includes the Daily Mail and the Express. They didn't even use the correct picture.

The "perfectly circular" hole and the recent mention of portals from NASA's picture of the day is for this image, which is probably more interesting than the one in the "original" story.

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There are lots more pictures of holes in Mars linked from the caption:

Explanation: What created this unusual hole in Mars? Actually, there are numerous holes pictured in this Swiss cheese-like landscape, with all-but-one of them showing a dusty, dark, Martian terrain beneath evaporating, light, carbon dioxide ice. The most unusual hole is on the upper right, spans about 100 meters, and seems to punch through to a lower level. Why this hole exists and why it is surrounded by a circular crater remains a topic of speculation, although a leading hypothesis is that it was created by a meteor impact. Holes such as this are of particular interest because they might be portals to lower levels that extend into expansive underground caves. If so, these naturally occurring tunnels are relatively protected from the harsh surface of Mars, making them relatively good candidates to contain Martian life. These pits are therefore also prime targets for possible future spacecraft, robots, and even human interplanetary explorers.
 
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