Is Mars a dead planet? I hear people say that a lot, if so when do you think it died? And will we ever find out if there were some other type of things living there?
2007-09-23 02:14:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Mars used to be a living planet it used to have water
and if theres water theres life
but now who knows if it still a living planet
2007-09-23 04:18:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mars is pretty much considered a dead planet in the sense that it seems to at one time may have had water on the surface and a thicker atmosphere. Mars is smaller than Earth it has a lower gravity and was not able to hold on to it.
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Mars may have microscopic life on it but it it is unlikely to be on the surface. Mars also lacks the strong magnetic field that protects the Earth from harmful solar and cosmic radiation. Life has been found on Earth to be thriving in places that it was thought would have been impossible for it to survive.
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2007-09-23 09:47:01 · answer #2 · answered by ericbryce2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mars is not dead. See this: Google earth-mars-Victoria crater-Layers of Cabo Frio (camera icon). Enter the panorama and zoon in along the small crater to the right. You will see what lives on mars.
2013-10-22 10:39:33 · answer #3 · answered by Tom Scott 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mars has as of now no life, though water seems to have been discovered. What life forms if any existed earlier cannot be known without further exploration.
2007-09-23 09:24:05 · answer #4 · answered by Swamy 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Mars may never have been alive.
2007-09-23 10:56:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋