Life on Mars: The story so far | Making Mars habitable for human life | In depth

Life on Mars: The story so far | Making Mars habitable for human life | In depth

Mars, our closest neighbour in the Solar System has been long speculated to harbour life creating environment.

But no life has been found yet on the red planet.

Does that mean life cannot be possible on it?

Well the answer to this question is not simple.

For any planet to be able to have life on it, the first criteria is it to be not very far away from its star and also not very close to its star.

This region in any solar system is called the Goldilocks zone.

Guess what?

In our Solar system, both earth and Mars lie within this zone.

But only being in this zone doesn’t mean that a planet will have life on it.

There are several factors like having an atmosphere and a magnetic field, both of which are not on Mars.

Yet, scientists claim to make the red planet habitable?

They want to make some changes on the red planet to create earth-like conditions, through a process widely known as Terraforming.

You must be thinking how?

Making Mars habitable for human life is a massive and complex endeavour that would require a combination of advanced technology, resources, and long-term planning.

Let us understand the whole idea of Terraforming our neighbour.

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