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Did Mars ever hold life?

Living organisms are capable of growth and reproduction, some can communicate and many can adapt to their environment through changes originating internally. Earth holds a diverse array of living organisms and properties common to these organisms are a carbon and water based cellular form. So carbon and water are the basic compounds of life.

As the latest Mars Rover, the Phoenix, explored Mars in 2008 it made a revolutionary discover… Ice! This discovery is very important for the search for life on Mars.

NPR did a story on Phoenix’s latest discoveries:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93148447

The 4 science goals of NASA’s Mars Exploration Program are:

• Characterize the geology of Mars
• Characterize the climate of Mars
• Prepare for human exploration!
• Determine whether life ever arose on Mars!

Furthermore, if water can be found on our closest planet, it is not a far stretch to assume that planets in distant solar systems have water. Moreover, if these planets have water, there is a good possibility that they also hold life!

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