{"664812":{"#nid":"664812","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Wibbly wobbly melty welty: A new tool for processing Martian ice cores","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA research team featuring\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech scientists has designed\u0026nbsp;an instrument to aid in the analysis of Martian ice cores. The Melter-Sublimator for Ice Science, or MSIS, methodically melts and sublimates ice samples. With humans likely to visit the Red Planet in the coming decades, exploring ice-rich areas like its South Pole, now seems an excellent time to test out the MSIS. The device\u0026nbsp;consists of two separate components, the Melter on top and the Sublimator beneath it. When combined, they allow the controlled initial processing of an ice core or smaller ice fragments, turning a sample ice into either vapor or meltwater, after which specialized tools could be used to perform a detailed analysis, perhaps searching for concentrations of isotopes or the signatures of microorganisms. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/carr-dr-christopher\u0022\u003EChris Carr\u003C\/a\u003E, assistant professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences,\u003C\/a\u003E is one of the MSIS researchers.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2023-01-17 21:00:11","changed_gmt":"2023-01-17 21:00:11","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/astrobites.org\/2023\/01\/14\/wibbly-wobbly-melty-welty-a-new-tool-for-processing-martian-ice-cores\/","dateline":{"date":"2023-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2023-01-14T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"191922","name":"Chris Carr"},{"id":"7057","name":"Mars"},{"id":"191923","name":"Martian ice"},{"id":"191924","name":"Melter-Sublimator for Ice Science"},{"id":"191925","name":"MSIS"},{"id":"191926","name":"Martian ice cores"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}