"The latest findings from the Martian Arctic offer more hints of a wet past but paint a very arid present, scientists reported Monday." This was the first line of a science article I read from The New York Times. The article talks about NASA’s Mars Lander, Phoenix, which spotted evidence of snow falling on Mars. This gives even more reason for believing in Mars’ wet past. The article also states that, “Instruments analyzing samples of dirt dug up by the Phoenix have now identified signs of clays and calcium carbonate, materials that on Earth form only in the presence of liquid water.” Phoenix has given us enough evidence now to come to the conclusion that Mars has liquid water on it and with water comes life. Thus, we are getting closer and closer to finding out if alien life actually existed on Mars before and if it still exists today. This article made me think about alien life and how it could be so close to us. Nowadays, scientists are always trying to find alien life outside our galaxy, but we should explore and study nearby planets more. If we can get enough Landers on Mars, we would probably find alien life considering the fact that there is ice and snow on the planet. Therefore, Mars is probably the closest ‘alien inhabited’ planet to us. And this means that we should explore and study it more than ever before.
The URL for this article is: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/science/space/30marsw.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
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