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Published online 27 June 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.920
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Penguins on Mars?
Phoenix chemistry set discovers that Mars's soil is like Antarctica's.
Should we be looking for penguins on Mars, rather than little green men? Just a week after finding definitive signs of water ice just beneath the surface, news of another remarkable scientific discovery has been beamed back to Earth by the Mars lander Phoenix.
This time it’s about muck.
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Maybe in mars, still we cannot ignore about the fact that this planet is rich in minerals or some elements present in our planet. If the mission was successful after 3-months, i hope they find another answer that may lead to the question that there a living organism lived in MARS back few million years ago..
i think it is right. but it is not complete in formation
I'm looking forward to discovery of Martian fossils soon.
i think that at first we should test soil and water that presence of bacteria or presence of viruses like that thing if they are able to live this planet then it will definitely possible snd wiol be suitable for the human being and other living things and a possibilities of presence oif living things cause the chance of presence of oxygen
Dig deeper! Life is something you can find almost everywhere. Even if the conditions have killed nearly 100% of the total life on mars aeons ago, some what-so-ever penguins should have survived. That´s my opinion. To place a bet: Primitive insects. 100 Euros.
It is very exciting to know that Martian Soil is like of Antarctica,it confirms the hypothesis of the availability of the water. Now, most challenging task is to prove the presence of life. We have to find the analogue of archebacteria on Mars.
I think its not absolute essential to have conditions similar to earth to support living forms. Think about the extreme conditions on earth and how organisms have evolved to survive and reproduce in such extreme condtions. Underwater ocean creatures and volcanic microbes are some examples. In my opinion there could still be an organism with a different life operatiing program to survive and reproduce. The could be immobile, using either S02, co2 or other gases toxic for earthly livings but still might have the ability to sustain martian life. But necessariliy they must be organic or made of another element having carbon like properties... But the hope is for sure there that we find living forms in Mars.
Time to buy property on Mars. Brinjals and Potatos are my favorite. I'm gonna be a martian farmer. - G.