Submitted by Narrow-Effective-995 t3_10pg1kl in space
Anonymous-USA t1_j6kej9h wrote
Reply to comment by Narrow-Effective-995 in Not really a question just sharing some of my curiosity by Narrow-Effective-995
Xenobiologist. Earth is their only pitri dish, so they study all the extreme environments and understand the life that lives in them. Including sources of energy other than starlight. It’s important foundational work for the Mars and future missions on how to even identify and define “life” and potentially find microbial life in our own solar system. And whether that life could survive planet hopping from collisions. The Earth constantly passes through extraplanetary meteor debris.
Narrow-Effective-995 OP t1_j6kewfe wrote
Yeah, I kind of pigeon holed the discussion by referring strictly to "intelligent life", but any life would be great to identify. Isn't there some evidence that life existed on Mars?
Anonymous-USA t1_j6kp8yb wrote
It’s all circumstantial and debatable. The Mars meteors with embedded gasses that “can only be explained through microbial life” has been disputed/explained as well.
The headlines are sensationalized but after it’s actually published, peer reviewed, and counter argued — well, those don’t make the front page 🤷♂️
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