Life on Mars

Articles About Life on Mars

• Magazine Department Article

  Life on Mars!

  Jan. 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Well, water was found on Mars, actually. But with water present can life be far behind?

• Can Lake on Mars Support Life?

  Dec. 14, 2013 from News to Know

  When a feature on Mars was noted to resemble a dry lake bed, researchers anticipated it would be a “candy store of targets” in the search for Martian life.

• Did Life’s Molecular Building Blocks Come from Mars?

  Sept. 12, 2013 from News to Know

  While Curiosity continues to search for signs of life on Mars, eager earth-bound evolutionary scientists are out-sourcing the origin of life off-world.

• Curiosity Rover Finally Scratches the Surface

  March 16, 2013 from News to Know

  The Mars rover Curiosity made history on February 8 by drilling 2 ½ inches into the Martian surface.

• Magazine Department Article

  Say Goodbye, Say Hello

  Jan. 1, 2013 from Answers Magazine

  Last year a Mars robotic rover reminded us about man’s ongoing plans to set foot on other worlds.

• Curiosity Landing Starts New Phase

  Aug. 11, 2012 from News to Know

  Curiosity’s landing inaugurates a new phase in the quest for alien life.

• The Curious Case of Martian Mania

  Aug. 7, 2012

  With the successful on-target Mars landing of the robotic rover dubbed Curiosity, a normally staid group of engineers and scientists erupted with joy as a fruit of their labor was achieved.

• Looking for Hints for Life on Mars

  July 14, 2012 from News to Know

  Looking for hints-there-might-ever-have-been-life in all the right places . . . on Mars.

• Did Viking Find Life on Mars?

  April 21, 2012 from News to Know

  Did Viking find life on Mars?

• Martian Ancestry

  March 26, 2011 from News to Know

  Evolutionary scientists have spent years—and billions of dollars—searching for Martian life, coming up empty-handed despite their best efforts. Or is the problem their assumption that Martian life would be on Mars at all—instead of, say, Earth?

• Martian Fossils

  Nov. 6, 2010

  It’s no secret that fossils play a prominent role in the debate over the history of life on Earth. But will we soon be arguing over the meaning of Martian fossils?

• Questioning Life on Mars

  Sept. 11, 2010

  There may not be life on Mars, but there’s plenty of life left in life-on-Mars speculation.

• No News Like Old News

  Dec. 5, 2009 from News to Know

  Is there life on Mars? Some of this week’s biggest “news” is also this week’s oldest news.

• Life in Mars Volcano?

  March 7, 2009 from News to Know

  After years and years of searching for life on Mars, scientists have finally found it.

• Mars Methane: Life?

  Jan. 17, 2009 from News to Know

  Finally—life on Mars! Is it the evidence for what evolutionists already believe?

• Soil on Mars Might Not Be Suitable for Life

  Aug. 9, 2008 from News to Know

  In the emotional soap opera that is the search for life on Mars, one of the main players—the habitability of Martian soil—may have just lapsed into a coma.

• Mars May Hold Nutrients for Life

  July 5, 2008

  If off-season vegetables shipped in from far-away places are getting too expensive, perhaps it won’t be too long before vegetables will come straight from Mars!

• Salt Content of Mars Bad For Life

  June 7, 2008 from News to Know

  Yet another door slams on the idea of Martian life, thanks to a new report in the journal Science.

• Mars Believed Too Salty to Support Life

  Feb. 23, 2008

  In a pair of stories related to our above item, new evidence gathered by one of the Mars rovers indicates Mars “was too salty to sustain life for much of its history.” Even the hardiest microbes would have found it difficult to survive amid brackish water. Meanwhile, a Dutch–American study indicates that unique geological features on Mars were formed by “brief bursts of water.”

• Magazine Department Article

  Hole Holds Promise?

  Jan. 1, 2008 from Answers Magazine

  A huge spot on Mars found last year by astronomers had some scientists wondering whether it contained life.

• We Are All Martians

  Nov. 17, 2007

  Men (and women) are from Mars—though the popular tongue-in-cheek hypothesis lacks proof, it received an injection of plausibility in September from a baseball-sized rock that fell from the sky.

• New Life Test for Mars

  Sept. 22, 2007

  A new test to check for life on Mars has just had its initial components launched into space.

• Martian Life: Old News?

  Aug. 25, 2007

  Hypothesis that Mars lander accidentally discovered life called bogus.

• I Dream of Caves (on Mars)

  June 9, 2007

  A large dark spot, possibly indicating a deep hole, found on Mars, leaves researchers excited.

• Secular Scientists Jubilant over Martian Caves

  March 24, 2007 from News to Know

  Thermal imaging experts analyzing photos of Mars have announced the possible presence of caves beneath Mars’ famous red surface.

• Mars Landing—Success or Failure?

  Jan. 3, 2004

  Missions to the surface of Mars have been plagued with problems.

• Creationists Take Old Bacterium with a Grain of Salt

  Oct. 25, 2000

  Once again the science world has caused a big media frenzy over little bacteria, similar to what happened in 1996 with “ALH84001,” the Antarctic rock supposedly from Mars.