• Question: Is there life on mars because of that probe that went to mars recently

    Asked by Baggins123 to Reka on 8 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: Reka Nagy

      Reka Nagy answered on 8 Nov 2016:


      We usually send probes to Mars to explore what it’s made of and to monitor the conditions on the planet. We have not yet found life on Mars that developed there – the only life that might exist there are bacteria from Earth that hitched a ride on the probes – although they do try to disinfect them before sending them to space!

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