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  1. www.space.com › building-blocks-life-venus-experimentLife as we know it could exist on Venus, new experiment reveals

    Mar 28, 2024 · Earth life may have traveled to Venus aboard sky-skimming asteroid. "It doesn't mean that life there will be the same as here. In fact, we know it can't be," Sara Seager, an astrophysicist and ...

  2. www.planetary.org › articles › life-on-venus-yourLife on Venus: Your Questions Answered - The Planetary Society

    Jul 28, 2023 · We don’t know for sure, though, and looking for evidence of past life on Venus is almost impossible with current technologies. Although orbiters can teach us a lot about a planet, to search for signs of past life we need to take a much closer look. On Mars, we look for past microbial life by sending rovers like Curiosity and Perseverance to ...

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  4. science.nasa.gov › blog › was-there-life-on-marsWas There Life on Mars? - NASA Science

    Nov 28, 2023 · NASA/JPL-Caltech. Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, and distribution of life in the Universe, and searching for life on Mars is a major goal of the Mars 2020 mission. While humans have long wondered whether there are others like us, it’s only been a few decades since we’ve developed the technologies to search for life ...

  5. www.nasa.gov › solar-system › is-mars-habitable-weIs Mars Habitable? We Asked a NASA Scientist: Episode 2

    Sep 8, 2021 · The question is, “Is it habitable and for whom?”. Mars is hundreds of degrees colder than Earth; it has a hundred times less atmosphere and that atmosphere has hardly any oxygen. But there may be other forms of life that could have evolved that aren’t very much like us but are very much like the early forms of life that evolved on Earth.

  6. www.nasa.gov › solar-system › nasas-davinci-exploresNASA’s DAVINCI Explores Ten Mysteries of Venus - NASA

    • Did Venus ever host life? Big questions are often asked when thinking about other planets: Is there life? WAS there ever life? If so, what sort of life?
    • How did Venus and Earth come to be so different? Venus and Earth are similar in size and density, so hypothetically, these planets could be very similar.
    • How did Venus form? Even this seemingly basic question about the origin of Venus is still a mystery. “It’s amazing to me that we don’t know whether Venus formed from the same early solar system materials as did Earth and Mars,” says Getty.
    • What is the atmospheric composition at Venus? The atmospheric composition of Venus is an important piece of the context we are seeking as we aim to better evaluate Venus’ potential habitability over time.

  7. www.space.com › could-mars-support-life-todayCould There Be Life on Mars Today? | Space

    May 9, 2019 · NASA's 2020 Mars rover, which is scheduled to launch next summer, will hunt for signs of long-dead Red Planet life. So will the European-Russian ExoMars rover, a mission that will lift off at ...

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  9. mashable.com › article › nasa-mars-habitabilityPast life on Mars? Here's what new NASA evidence points to.

    Oct 9, 2024 · NASA's Mars rover Curiosity has collected new data for a study of the Red Planet's past climate and carbon-rich minerals. The findings give clues about habitability.