There is a crazy plan to create an artificial magnetic field on Mars

A new study indicates that the moon of Mars, Phobos, is the key to creating a magnetic field on the planet and thus making it habitable.

One of humanity’s greatest ambitions is to one day be able to live a normal life on Mars without special support or equipment – a process known as to the ground…

Does the red planet already have some of the conditions necessary to sustain life, such as the length of Earth’s days or the presence of water and an atmosphere that can become breathable.

Missing part – magnetic field, which is of fundamental importance for protect the planet’s atmosphere from solar wind and ionized particles. But this detail doesn’t discourage scientists, who are always looking for ways to create a magnetic field on Mars – even if the plans seem out of the ordinary.

Unfortunately, we cannot recreate the earth’s magnetic field on Mars, since ours is generated by the dynamo effect in the core, where the convection of iron alloys generates the Earth’s geomagnetic field, detects Universe today…

O The interior of Mars is smaller and cooler and a magnetic dynamo cannot be created, and a new study explains how to create an artificial magnetic field.

Other ideas for creating a magnetic field on Mars have been put forward before, which include either ground-based solenoids or orbitals, and which provide a basic level of protection, but this is new research. offers the best solution…

If we want a good and efficient field, we need a flow of charged particles in or around the planet. Since the first option is not the best for Mars, the team thought about the second.

It was concluded that it is possible to create a ring of particles around Mars thanks to its Lua Phobos, the larger of the two on the planet and orbiting fairly close in orbit, so close that it makes a return to Mars in eight hours.

The team suggests using Phobos by ionizing particles on its surface and then accelerating them so they can create a plasma torus in orbit from the moon. This will create a magnetic field strong enough to terraform Mars.

This is an interesting plan, although it is already anticipate many difficulties in his performance, but dreaming is not worth it and this is already the beginning.