• Question: do you think theress life on mars?

    Asked by ria97 to Laura, Lily, Mark, Paul, Sarah on 22 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
    • Photo: Lily Asquith

      Lily Asquith answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      We don’t know. There is insufficient evidence to say one way or another from the data we have.

    • Photo: Mark Roberts

      Mark Roberts answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      maybe….

      There is currently a lot of debate about whether they have shown the possible presence of bacterial life on mars – it certainly is a possibility as there evidence some water there I think

      but we really don’t know – we need more data!

    • Photo: Sarah Bardsley

      Sarah Bardsley answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Maybe. Hopefully this century we will find out!

    • Photo: Laura Maliszewski

      Laura Maliszewski answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      No, but I’d be interested to be proved wrong! There are certainly some interesting chemicals on Mars that hint at the potential for something like life.

    • Photo: Paul Roche

      Paul Roche answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      I think there might have been bacteria and microbes on Mars 3-4 billion years ago, when it was warmer and wetter than it is now. Even today, there may be areas below the surface that are capable of supporting microbes – but I don’t think there are aliens living there, like you see in movies.

      If we can find enough liquid water, and an energy source, we have a good chance of finding some sort of very basic life I think.

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