if so, which one and why.
2007-07-04 11:33:34 · 14 answers · asked by YES, I use correct grammar! 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
What are we going to do when global warming and pollution finally make this rock unliveable?
2007-07-04 11:46:30 · update #1
Jupiter`s moon, Europa. Read up on it totally fascinating
2007-07-04 11:40:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think there is much possibility now, since a planet needs to be a certain distance from its parent star in order to be able to support life - that is known as the "habitable zone," and no such planet other than the Earth is within that field for Sol.
Europa shows some promise, but only because of its close proximity to Jupiter, and subsequent tidal forces of Jupiter that could provide just enough heat to spawn life.
The best way is colonisation, where humans bring plants and animals to other planets of Sol, as someone already pointed out, Mars would be the best candidate, as well as the Moon, more for industrial purposes.
2007-07-04 18:44:32 · answer #2 · answered by Lief Tanner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look, if we can`t even save our planet from our own, do you think we could come up with a way to terraformed another planet? So its meaningless to think we could live on another planet in such case.
As for life on another planet, I believe that most planet will support life in some way during its existance, but how long it will take to appear or how long life will be sustainable on such planet will remain unknown. Also, since humans brains have a geomagnetic sensitivity, it is even possible that our brain could not functions well inside another geomagnetic shields, so rendering colonization of other planet impossible.
2007-07-04 21:07:47 · answer #3 · answered by Jedi squirrels 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever is a long time. Maybe not in our lifetime, but as the solar winds of time time change, so too can a planets dynamics. As it stands now, no other planet is our system can support life. But we do suspect that Mars once sustained life. So where there is water, there is life.
2007-07-04 18:54:35 · answer #4 · answered by kingcutt 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that it is quite possible that life does exist somewhere else out there. Naturally I can't prove this however, it seems to me that since the universe seems composed of the same material then it is possible for similiar conditions as those that have occured on earth to have also occured elsewhere. I remember seeing a movie (the name escapes me) where one of the characters musing about life on other worlds figured that if there wasn't it would be an "awful waste of space."
2007-07-04 18:51:19 · answer #5 · answered by greymage2001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We are Light years away from the nearest solar system. Our space has no end, sure there are chances of life on other planets.
2007-07-04 18:41:52 · answer #6 · answered by Vicky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard to say....If so probably Mars cause we can't be too close to the sun nor to far....And if we were ever to live in another planet I wonder if we would all go or would some of us stay here....Astronauts could always travel back to earth and see what's going on...
2007-07-04 18:56:33 · answer #7 · answered by Summer C 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We could conceivably introduce life on another planet. Mars would be the best bet because it has the most manageable temperatures.
2007-07-04 18:36:27 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi. I would be absolutely stunned if there turned out to be no life on or around Jupiter. All the chemistry, temperature range, magnetic protection shield, etc. are there.
2007-07-04 18:43:16 · answer #9 · answered by Cirric 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there might be life or once was. but not like you and me or even animals. smaller like bacteria. our planet is the only one not too hot and not too cold.
may be mars because there is frozen water. if it ever gets some sort of atmosphere then life could be there.
2007-07-04 18:52:22 · answer #10 · answered by Angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋