Yes, it's true!
A Mars-orbiting satellite recently spotted seven dark spots near the planet's equator that scientists think could be entrances to UNDERGROUND CAVES.
We know that water exists in the Mars polar ice caps, could there be vast regions of underground water harboring some form of life that our satellite's and observers have not been able to detect?
THE CAVES:
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/070402_mm_mars_caves.html
THE WATER:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/03/16/mars.water.reut/index.html
THE QUESTION:
Are we close to discovering there really is LIFE on MARS...
PERHAPS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS??
2007-04-02 09:26:56 · 5 answers · asked by GeneL 7 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
@ april_mvemjsunp_akoort
Thanks for the excellent links and exactly the point, we really don't know what form of life might exist within environments unlike our own...fascinating stuff!
Please pass along my congrats to Glenn and tell him we must keep on exploring.
@Truth Traveler
"Robinson Crusoe on Mars"...Paul Mantee, one of my all time favorite Sci-Fi's...
stimulated my mind and sense of wonderment at what could be.
2007-04-02 11:38:40 · update #1
There probably wouldn't be underground rivers or lakes or anything due to the low atmospheric pressure. But there might be some frost, ice, dew, or permafrost in there. Even so, life can exist in very extreme environments and with the temperature regulation, radiation protection and minimal water possibly available those caves are the best place on Mars for life.
We talked about this this morning in my Astrobiology class as Glen (the guy who first noticed the caves on the THEMIS images) is in my class.
2007-04-02 09:56:12 · answer #1 · answered by April C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't it be cool if we land another rover on mars and see what's in those? I bet we would find just more rocks. It would be worth it though. Now I am curious. I don't think we are going to discover life on mars. After reading the book "Rare Earth" that talks about building a planet, indeed Earth is pretty rare. However the universe, to say the least, is HUGE! So there is life out there... we just haven't found it.
2007-04-02 09:36:58 · answer #2 · answered by SoulRebel79 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm. Did you see the movie, Robinson Crusoe on Mars? Or the movie, 'Enemy Mine'? Maybe we should look for Robinson Crusoe and his friend Friday, standing at the entrance of one of these caves, the next time the satellite passing by them!
The only thing that any future Martian astronaut explorers would find in those caves on Mars, are themselves, and maybe, just maybe some very primative mosses or lichens!!! But I doubt it seriously ..
2007-04-02 09:40:41 · answer #3 · answered by Old Truth Traveler 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Martians. Thats why we never see them!
2007-04-02 09:33:36 · answer #4 · answered by Someone who cares 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe they'll find Osama Bin Laden in one of them, they aren't having much luck here.
2007-04-02 09:32:57 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋