Scientist Says There's Life On Mars And It's Closely Related To Life On Earth

For years mankind has pondered the question of whether there is life beyond our planet.

Yes, Donald Trump's ideologies do seem to come from a different planet, and Steven Gerrard's long distance passes* were out of this world, but that doesn't confirm extra terrestrial activity.

Basically we're all hoping for little aliens, like E.T, who can come down to earth, don a hoody, knock back six cans of lager and just be a lad. We don't want the type of knobheads who abduct people.

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Scientists have said that there is actually life on Mars, and it's closely related to life on Earth. They believe that there is bacteria clinging onto existence far beneath the frozen deserts of Mars.

Professor of planetary geology at the University of Arizona, Alred McEwen, who is the principal investigator on Nasa's HiRISE telescope which is orbiting Mars and producing detailed images of the surface, told a conference in Tenerife: "The billion-year-old record of life on Earth is largely lost, but on Mars it is still preserved.

"There is probably a connection between life on Mars and life on Earth.

"So the search for ancient life on Mars may really be the search for the origin of life on Earth."

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McEwen continued to say that life on Earth could have either come from microorganisms that have been transported from Mars due to high-impact events, or it could have been the other way around.

"At the depth of a few kilometres it's warm enough to keep H2O in a liquid state," he said. "So if there was ever life on Mars in the past, it probably survives to the present day in these underground pockets.

"Life began on this planet about four billion years ago when there were lots of big-impact events. Microorganisms could survive a trip between Earth and Mars.

"This raises the question, did life arise on Earth and get transported to Mars or was it the other way round.

"I think life was probably present on Mars from this exchange, and probably persists underground today."

The bacteria is found below Mars' icy surface. The surface is very similar to Antarctica's surface.

Words by Mark McGowan

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