09-28-2015, 02:49 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-28-2015, 04:11 PM by Bring4th_Austin.)
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/...water-mars
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4722
Every time I hear about "water on Mars" I kind of roll my eyes, because it seems like we hear about it every few months. But this seems like a significant leap forward from the typical water discovery, as there is clear and definite evidence of flowing water in the summer months. Check out this animation that shows the flow progression.
This helps scientists narrow in on how and where to search for life on Mars. Of course, any life they might find at this point will be microbial. And (perhaps) unfortunately, this doesn't do much to turn the scientific community's eyes towards alternative theories for the origin of life. I think the favored theory for how life ended up on Earth right now is the idea of panspermia, the idea that life was seeded from a meteorite. Many scientists would probably proclaim microbial life on Mars as supporting evidence for panspermia. Forget the fact that panspermia has nothing to do with the actual origins of life, but it seems to be the focus nowadays.
I think that if there is evidence on Mars that supports any previous civilizations living there (more than what we have, which the scientific community rejects), this is probably the initial discovery. I'd imagine it goes water, then microbes, then fossils, then ruins. So maybe this got the ball rolling for some further discovery!
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4722
Every time I hear about "water on Mars" I kind of roll my eyes, because it seems like we hear about it every few months. But this seems like a significant leap forward from the typical water discovery, as there is clear and definite evidence of flowing water in the summer months. Check out this animation that shows the flow progression.
This helps scientists narrow in on how and where to search for life on Mars. Of course, any life they might find at this point will be microbial. And (perhaps) unfortunately, this doesn't do much to turn the scientific community's eyes towards alternative theories for the origin of life. I think the favored theory for how life ended up on Earth right now is the idea of panspermia, the idea that life was seeded from a meteorite. Many scientists would probably proclaim microbial life on Mars as supporting evidence for panspermia. Forget the fact that panspermia has nothing to do with the actual origins of life, but it seems to be the focus nowadays.
I think that if there is evidence on Mars that supports any previous civilizations living there (more than what we have, which the scientific community rejects), this is probably the initial discovery. I'd imagine it goes water, then microbes, then fossils, then ruins. So maybe this got the ball rolling for some further discovery!
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