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Life On Mars?
A group of academics say they have identified fossilised sponges, corals, worm eggs, algae and more on the surface of Mars, and say life there may even be thriving today.
“We have photos of fungi growing out of the ground, increasing in size, increasing in number, as based on sequential images,” said Dr Rudolph Schild of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, speaking on behalf of the researchers.
Finding life somewhere other than Earth would have major implications for humanity, proving for the first time that we are not alone in the universe. And if life is present so close to home, it opens fascinating questions as to what life might be like further afield.
“Definitive proof would tell us we are not alone,” added Dr Schild. “We could assume that life has evolved on innumerable Earth-like planets.
“This then raises questions about the antiquity of life. There are planets and Solar Systems that are billions of years older than our own. What if human-like life evolved on those planets billions of years ago? The implications are staggering and humbling.”
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“We have photos of fungi growing out of the ground, increasing in size, increasing in number, as based on sequential images,” said Dr Rudolph Schild of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, speaking on behalf of the researchers.
Finding life somewhere other than Earth would have major implications for humanity, proving for the first time that we are not alone in the universe. And if life is present so close to home, it opens fascinating questions as to what life might be like further afield.
“Definitive proof would tell us we are not alone,” added Dr Schild. “We could assume that life has evolved on innumerable Earth-like planets.
“This then raises questions about the antiquity of life. There are planets and Solar Systems that are billions of years older than our own. What if human-like life evolved on those planets billions of years ago? The implications are staggering and humbling.”
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Exciting stuff? I think so. What say you?
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We believe Mars had water at one time so the story is possible; but one can't figure out, if true, why it is breaking only now and not before. It's not like a new mission reached there recently as far as I know. Has this been accepted by the scientific community ? Are they sure it's not natural mineral formations they've found ?
Naomi; I've got a feeling that this is old 'news'. I can find nothing recent about the issue. If it was really a new revelation I think it would have got around a bit. I didn't read the whole article. There's been noise about possible traces of former Martian life for many years, some of it connected with analysis of meteorite material. Is this story based on current martian survey material being seen/collected on Mars?
OG. Intelligent lifeforms may be much less common, but can have a huge impact on thier local environment. Humans are outnumbered by insects, bacteria etc, but we have a huge impact on the planet.
Life forms in the universe may be 99.9% 'low-life', but the tiny fraction which evolve intelligence are the ones we are most likely to meet.
Life forms in the universe may be 99.9% 'low-life', but the tiny fraction which evolve intelligence are the ones we are most likely to meet.
