Does anyone think any of the planets or moons are inhabited in this Solar System besides Earth? I was told ..?

Question

only the Earth is inhabited, all the other planets and moons are uninhabitable

Answer 1

One of Jupiter's moons, Europa is the best candidate for having some form of life. There could well be oceans of liquid water under the frozen surface, and where there is water, there can be life. It might take a while to send a probe down to check it out though.

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Answer 2

I agree with the majority of the answers here... Europa. Look at our oceans for a perfect example. There is some type of life-form in every 6 cubic inches of water, no matter the depth, tempeture or preasure. Some are large (like giant squid) others are invisible to the naked eye (such as extremeaphiles). Ocean life is by far the most hardy and adaptable life. If Europa really does have an ocean (which, remember people.. they believed Mars was covered in ice.. turned out to be salt), than there is a huge chance there is life. Huge. But the fact is.. we don't know if that moon really does have an ocean. Europas orbit around Jupiter is un-even. It starts out very close to jupiter (this is when the oceans "freeze" over) than, as it moves around Jupiter it starts to move away. Jupiters gravity pulls back on it, but since the moon is traveling so fast the moon will actually stretch into an oval shape. THIS is what heats the moon, and (in theory) melts the oceans. The question is.. Could a multi-cellular organism live in an enviornment that goes from intense cold and solid ice to summer on CA's coast every few days? We have uni-cellular organisms here that do that.. I think its very likely.

Answer 3

The information you received was correct. In our Solar System the most ideal location for Carbon and Water based
life forms are found right here on Earth. No other planet or moon of another planet possesses those same qualities.

In general, other planets:
Are to cold.
Are to hot.
Have no viable atmosphere.
Have no gravity to retain gases.
Some are actually a huge bubbles of gases in
gas or liquid gas form.

Other planet's moons:
No atmosphere due to insufficient gravity to hold gases.
No water.
To hot.
To cold.

Regards,
Zah

Answer 4

So far we know that our Earth is the only planet in our Solar System teeming with life. Scientists suspect, however, that Mars and Jupiter´s moon Europa might have or have had life because of the presence of water there. Saturn´s moon Titan is another one that might harbour life in the future because it resembles the primtive Earth of 4 billion years ago.

Answer 5

Life on another planet of the solar system is unlikely, although Mars could have something if any of them do, considering they may have found evidence of water. There is also a moon of Jupiter - Europa - which it has been proposed may have the building blocks of life, or microbial life. Other moons of Jupiter might also harbour life, but Europa is the most likely, if at all.

Answer 6

You were told correctly. In this solar system, only Earth can support life. There may be life on planets orbiting other stars, but they are too far away for us to send any space craft to.

Answer 7

we have had a good enough look at our solar system to pretty much rule out life in it besides earth, but we have not looked at hardly any other ones, so it is possible for life to exist in antother solar system.

Answer 8

Not habitable for humans maybe, but consider the many forms of terrestrial "extremeophiles".

I wouldn't bet my life on it either way just yet...

Answer 9

they could be, but not by anyone like us,very uncomfortable!
some places on earth aren't really very habitable either.