Life on Mars and Jupiter's Moon Europa As the future proceeds and life begins getting more technical, Earth may not be the only place where the human race resides. There is already talk that some day Mars will be inhabited by humans. Jupiters moon Europa may be the next after that. Two space missions have already studied Mars. The Pathfinder, which landed on the surface of Mars was one of the missions, and the Global Surveyor, which is a satellite, is the other mission. Although Europa has
Mars is commonly called the red planet and is the closest planet to Earth (www.ESA.int). Therefore, humans want to make more discoveries about Mars. First, the atmosphere, geography, and weather of Mars has interested astronomers for many years. Second, traveling to Mars is a big goal for the humans of Earth. Furthermore, Mars’ atmosphere has many questions to be answered by astronomers. First, Mars has some very interesting features on and around the planet. Mars used to be a warm and wet planet
energy, a good atmosphere, and moderate temperature. Besides for Earth there is one planet that used to have all of these traits, called Mars. Mars is the only planet that has had rain, snow, eroded hills, filled basins, hosted chemistry, and glued sediments into rocks (Lakdawalla 2013). Mars is also the only other planet that potentially had bacteria-life living there billions of years ago (Hardin 2000). If Mars was habitable in the past what happened to the planet overtime that caused Mars to become
planets of Venus, Earth, and Mars who vary in many aspects but, most importantly, their atmosphere. Firstly, Venus’s atmosphere is heavily laden with carbon dioxide (CO2), which makes up 96 percent of its atmosphere, 3.5 percent is made of nitrogen, and the remaining 0.5 percent is a combination of water vapor, sulfuric acid (which produce Venus’s thick, stable clouds), hydrochloric acid, and hydrofluoric acid. Venus’s upper atmosphere is cool, which the lower atmosphere is extremely hot and causes
The planet Mars could be terraformed more easily than other planets because it is believed to be the planet most like Earth. Hundreds of millions of years ago, Mars had an environment more like Earth’s, with a thicker atmosphere and more water. (Terraforming of Mars). Additionally, other similarities between the two planets are found in their temperature ranges, the presence of water, and the length of their days. Scientists believed that about 3.5 million years ago, “Earth and Mars may even have
Terraforming Mars is the process of purposely changing the known properties of Mars to satisfy safe human habitation. In order to do this, we would have to use a 1000-year timeline. A thousand year timeline is best because it would give humans the time needed to change the atmosphere of Mars, change the temperature of Mars, grow food, and more. In order for the terraforming process to work, humans must permanently live on Mars for. For humans to permanently live on Mars, a fuel source must be used
Did Mars ever mirror Earth? I would like to start this discussion by defining the term “mirrored,” as being a like or characteristic of a mirror image. So for proposes of this discussion I will use this definition meaning it is in a resemblance and not a direct copy of one another. Now with all the formalities out of the way let’s move on. After spending a small portion of my life reading through papers about Mars Geology I have come to the conclusion that Mars does in fact have supporting evidence
Mars is a planet closest to earth. Scientists do not know much about this planet, however, they are still studying. In the near future scientists may know almost everything about Mars. Until then, scientists are learning and exploring the mysterious red planet. Mars is not very different than earth. Like Earth, Mars has weather patterns and a climate. The red planet has a thin atmosphere and is far from the sun which causes a cold temperature. “The average temperature is about negative 80 degrees
surface of Mars, thus making it possible to have or have had life on Mars. 1. Introduction Since the dawn of civilization, humanity has watched the brilliant red wanderer in the night sky, always fascinated, always wondering, and always striving to know more. Whether or not there was life on Mars was a question even before Lowell imagined advanced civilizations building complex canal systems. Comparisons were constantly being drawn between Earth and her red sister. If life existed on Mars, where
Mars In this short journey there are going to be many interesting facts about the planet Mars. Mars has many mysteries like how did it form or how did mars get its name, when was it discovered. Read on and what you find might amaze you. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and is the second smallest planet recorded in our solar system. Mars has a very distinctive color this planet from afar has somewhat of a red color from rusty dust blowing around the planet’s atmosphere. If you are up close
1) Atmospheres a. A greenhouse gas is a gas, which absorbs the infrared radiation emitted out by a planet carrying energy away, but allows through the visible light carrying energy in from the Sun, such as carbon dioxide. (CO2, H2O, O3, CH4, CFCs). b. Because the Sun has a surface temperature of about 5,800 Kelvin, it emits most of its energy as visible light. Because the Earth has a much lower average surface temperature of about 288 Kelvin, it emits most of its energy as infrared light. Greenhouse
Going to Mars Whether it’s Lewis and Clark or Joe Schmoe, humans have always had a tendency to explore their surroundings. This has led humans to explore the earth up and down, uncovering every rock and looking in every hole along the way. However, thousands of years of exploration have led to earth becoming a tapped resource. Humans now may ask the question; where do we go from here? Many answers have been suggested but one answer stands out from the rest, Mars. Nowadays humans view Mars as the
prospect of a mars colony, the first things that come to mind are only the positive outcomes. Only when you look deeper into this expidition do you start to see the enormous cost and extreme dangers associated with traveling to this planet. What people also fail to realize or comprehend are the political and socio-economic repercussions of furthering our advancement to colonizing the red planet. As a nation in this day and age, I do not think we should undergo a full scale colonization of mars. While this
Mercury Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, along with venus, earth, mars. It is mostly made of rock. In 1974, Mariner 10 took pictures of mercury and scientist thought it looked like earth’s moon. It itself has no moons. It is named after the Greco- Roman Messenger of the gods, because it moves faster than all the other planets. Mercury has a crater known as Caloris Basin, Scientists believe the crater was made when an asteroid hit the planet. The crater is about 810 miles (1,300 km) You
Mars is a planet that is described as cold and dry. However, approximately 3 billion years ago Mars had liquid water running along its surface, which scientists believe could have helped microbial life flourish (Wall, 2016). Scientists have believed for many years that there are specific elements required for life to exist; hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen (Wall, 2016). In some habitats scientists have discovered some species that can survive without some of these elements, leading researches
believe that the next giant leap for Mankind would be the colonization of Mars. But is this truly the next step in human space travel? Should we be looking at this “next step” in a more altruistic point of view? This essay will explore the aspects of colonizing Mars in this day and age, covering both the for and against, arguments. As well as similar and different elements that Earth and Mars share, to see if colonizing Mars in this day and age would be the “Next Giant Leap for Mankind” that all these
and fear. Now a vast region for growing knowledge. The distance of Venus, the atmosphere of Mars, the size of Jupiter, and the speed of Mercury. All this and more we know. But their greatest mystery the heavens have kept a secret. What sort of life, if any, inhabits these other planets? Human life, like ours? Or life extremely lower in the scale. Or dangerously higher (). With this quote on the mind, the planet known as Mars or the Red Planet made a big divide in the scientific community. This divide
History and Background: Since the earliest stages of civilization, Mars has been an object of interest for astronomers. The red plant has adopted many different names over time: Nergal, from the Babylonians, Har Decher, from the Egyptians, Ares, from the Greeks and Mars, from the Romans. Since those days we have made huge in strides in understanding just what Mars is. It was believed until only a few hundred years ago that Mars harbored life quite similar to our own. We of course know now that is
Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and the last of the solid, non-gas planets in our solar system. Mars is the seventh largest planet in our solar system. The diameter is about 4,220 miles. The equatorial circumference is about 13,259 miles. Earth’s equatorial circumference is about 24,901 miles so Mars’ equatorial circumference is approximately 53.2% that of Earth. The radius of Mars’ core is 1,056 miles. The surface area is 55,742,106 square miles, which is about 28% that of Earth
traveled to Venus on exploration missions have failed after a few hours due to the extreme heat. The atmosphere of Venus is so dense that it would crush a human if they stood on the surface of Venus. Venus is surrounded by a layer of sulfuric acid clouds, which produce acid rain, which