We learned in 7th grade science this year, that there are types of bacteria that can lay dormant for years in the most harsh of enviorments. Could that be the case for mars.
2007-06-11 04:39:52 · 10 answers · asked by Lexington 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Given that scientists on earth have isolated bacteria from our own polar ice-caps that represent microbial life of millions of years ago, and the ongoing debate about artefacts that were found in martian rocks characteristic of what might be caused by living organisms, i wouldn't rule out the possibility of there being very primitive lifeforms in martian ice. if it wasn't for our iron core and rotational period, earths atmosphere and water would have completely be eroded away by the solar wind, and our planet would be like mars. if sometime in the distant future, our defense against atmospheric erosion became depleted, due to perhaps slowing of the rotational period, then earth will end up like mars. but we know there's life here now. so how do we know that this hasn't been the case on mars?
2007-06-11 04:47:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we've time-honored for nicely over one hundred years that Mars has polar ice caps. they are ordinarily dry ice inspite of the shown fact that. Frozen carbon dioxide. yet there's a smaller water ice cap at between the poles. and there's a great form of water frozen below the floor far flung from the poles. positioned the air tension on Mars is so low that any uncovered water often sublimates, meaning it is going immediately from ice to water vapor with out melting right into a puddle of liquid water first and then evaporating. Sublimating is incredibly like melting and evaporating multi function step. that's genuinely how freeze drying works.
2016-11-10 02:38:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only could (and most likely is) the case for Mars, but the theory of microbial life states it should exist throughout the galaxy where there is a source of water (in any state).
Search 'Blue Moon' on the National Geographic website to see what else may reside in our known universe.
2007-06-11 04:45:46 · answer #3 · answered by G L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Lexington, anything is possible, the better question to ask is it probable and in this case I don't know. It could be since certain forms of bacteria can develop in the harshest of environment.
2007-06-11 04:47:15 · answer #4 · answered by M Series 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible that life axisted in abundance on Mars. It might have been billions of years before life grew on Earth. The point is that we have such limited minds and we don't know everything. We can only speculate that we are the only life and God created it.
2007-06-11 05:12:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything's possible. No one knows what's on Mars so until they can analize some sort of data, it's hard to tell what's going on. Good question!
2007-06-11 04:47:21 · answer #6 · answered by devon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is possible.
It is also possible that there is liquid water under the ground that could support life.
That is why we want to go there and study it.
2007-06-11 05:17:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gene and Steve got it right. lets go, land and shout out "Anyone Home?"
2007-06-11 09:04:57 · answer #8 · answered by yankee_sailor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a chance but we won't know until we go there.
2007-06-11 04:55:41 · answer #9 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I will tell you, its not impossible.
2007-06-11 04:43:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋