{"id":3740,"date":"2013-07-31T13:45:52","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T13:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2013-07-31T13:45:52","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T13:45:52","slug":"panspermia-connecting-life-on-earth-and-mars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3740","title":{"rendered":"Panspermia &#8211; connecting life on Earth and Mars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fraser Cain discusses panspermia\u00a0 : <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universetoday.com\/103833\/is-life-on-mars-related-to-life-on-earth\/\" target=\"_d\">Is Life On Mars Related To Life On Earth? &#8211; Universe Today<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The planet is hostile to life now, but evidence is mounting that it was once a warm and habitable world, with rivers, lakes and oceans. Mars could have vast reserves of subsurface water, where life could thrive even now.<\/p>\n<p>If we did discover life there, it\u2019s possible that it\u2019s completely unrelated to Earth life. This would demonstrate that life can originate on almost any world, with the right conditions.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also possible that life on Mars is related to Earth, and our two planets share a common ancestor billions of years in the past.<\/p>\n<p>This is a theory called <em>panspermia<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OUBbz9ejyZs?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fraser Cain discusses panspermia\u00a0 : Is Life On Mars Related To Life On Earth? &#8211; Universe Today The planet is hostile to life now, but evidence is mounting that it was once a warm and habitable world, with rivers, lakes and oceans. Mars could have vast reserves of subsurface water, where life could thrive even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=3740\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Panspermia &#8211; connecting life on Earth and Mars<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mars","category-space-science"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Yk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16004,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16004","url_meta":{"origin":3740,"position":0},"title":"NASA adds a helicopter to the 2020 Mars Rover mission","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"NASA will include a helicopter on the\u00a0\u00a0Mars 2020\u00a0rover mission: Mars Helicopter to Fly on NASA\u2019s Next Red Planet Rover Mission\u00a0 https:\/\/youtu.be\/oOMQOqKRWjU NASA is sending a helicopter to Mars. 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