Life on Mars

Did Life Begin on Mars?

Proposing chemical reactions on Mars that could have produced chemicals like those found in living things does not fill in the fundamental flaws in the evolutionary just-so story of life’s origins. Transferring the insurmountable problems in the earthly evolutionary scenario to Mars does not solve the problems of abiogenesis.

Will They Find Life on Mars?

Many assume that finding life on Mars would lend support or even proof to the idea of molecules-to-man evolution. But that is not the case. If life or conclusive evidence of extinct life is ever found on Mars, the existence of life there would no more prove that evolution happened than the existence of life on earth does.

Curiosity, the Mars Rover

To search for life, Curiosity is equipped to detect and analyze the chemicals in Martian soil. Life requires a minimal amount of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorous, and sulfur; so researchers hope that Curiosity’s lab results will reveal the presence of those minimum quantities.

Articles About Life on Mars

  • Magazine Department Article
    Life on Mars!
    Jan. 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

    Well, water was found on Mars, actually. But with water present can life be far behind?

  • Can Lake on Mars Support Life?
    Dec. 14, 2013 from News to Know

    When a feature on Mars was noted to resemble a dry lake bed, researchers anticipated it would be a “candy store of targets” in the search for Martian life.

  • Did Life’s Molecular Building Blocks Come from Mars?
    Sept. 12, 2013 from News to Know

    While Curiosity continues to search for signs of life on Mars, eager earth-bound evolutionary scientists are out-sourcing the origin of life off-world.

  • Magazine Department Article
    Say Goodbye, Say Hello
    Jan. 1, 2013 from Answers Magazine

    Last year a Mars robotic rover reminded us about man’s ongoing plans to set foot on other worlds.

  • The Curious Case of Martian Mania
    Aug. 7, 2012

    With the successful on-target Mars landing of the robotic rover dubbed Curiosity, a normally staid group of engineers and scientists erupted with joy as a fruit of their labor was achieved.

  • Looking for Hints for Life on Mars
    July 14, 2012 from News to Know

    Looking for hints-there-might-ever-have-been-life in all the right places . . . on Mars.

  • Did Viking Find Life on Mars?
    April 21, 2012 from News to Know

    Did Viking find life on Mars?

  • Martian Ancestry
    March 26, 2011 from News to Know

    Evolutionary scientists have spent years—and billions of dollars—searching for Martian life, coming up empty-handed despite their best efforts. Or is the problem their assumption that Martian life would be on Mars at all—instead of, say, Earth?

  • Martian Fossils
    Nov. 6, 2010

    It’s no secret that fossils play a prominent role in the debate over the history of life on Earth. But will we soon be arguing over the meaning of Martian fossils?

  • Questioning Life on Mars
    Sept. 11, 2010

    There may not be life on Mars, but there’s plenty of life left in life-on-Mars speculation.

  • No News Like Old News
    Dec. 5, 2009 from News to Know

    Is there life on Mars? Some of this week’s biggest “news” is also this week’s oldest news.

  • Life in Mars Volcano?
    March 7, 2009 from News to Know

    After years and years of searching for life on Mars, scientists have finally found it.

  • Mars Methane: Life?
    Jan. 17, 2009 from News to Know

    Finally—life on Mars! Is it the evidence for what evolutionists already believe?

  • Soil on Mars Might Not Be Suitable for Life
    Aug. 9, 2008 from News to Know

    In the emotional soap opera that is the search for life on Mars, one of the main players—the habitability of Martian soil—may have just lapsed into a coma.

  • Mars May Hold Nutrients for Life
    July 5, 2008

    If off-season vegetables shipped in from far-away places are getting too expensive, perhaps it won’t be too long before vegetables will come straight from Mars!

  • Salt Content of Mars Bad For Life
    June 7, 2008 from News to Know

    Yet another door slams on the idea of Martian life, thanks to a new report in the journal Science.

  • Mars Believed Too Salty to Support Life
    Feb. 23, 2008

    In a pair of stories related to our above item, new evidence gathered by one of the Mars rovers indicates Mars “was too salty to sustain life for much of its history.” Even the hardiest microbes would have found it difficult to survive amid brackish water. Meanwhile, a Dutch–American study indicates that unique geological features on Mars were formed by “brief bursts of water.”

  • Magazine Department Article
    Hole Holds Promise?
    Jan. 1, 2008 from Answers Magazine

    A huge spot on Mars found last year by astronomers had some scientists wondering whether it contained life.

  • We Are All Martians
    Nov. 17, 2007

    Men (and women) are from Mars—though the popular tongue-in-cheek hypothesis lacks proof, it received an injection of plausibility in September from a baseball-sized rock that fell from the sky.

  • New Life Test for Mars
    Sept. 22, 2007

    A new test to check for life on Mars has just had its initial components launched into space.

  • Martian Life: Old News?
    Aug. 25, 2007

    Hypothesis that Mars lander accidentally discovered life called bogus.

  • I Dream of Caves (on Mars)
    June 9, 2007

    A large dark spot, possibly indicating a deep hole, found on Mars, leaves researchers excited.

  • Secular Scientists Jubilant over Martian Caves
    March 24, 2007 from News to Know

    Thermal imaging experts analyzing photos of Mars have announced the possible presence of caves beneath Mars’ famous red surface.

  • Mars Landing—Success or Failure?
    Jan. 3, 2004

    Missions to the surface of Mars have been plagued with problems.

  • Creationists Take Old Bacterium with a Grain of Salt
    Oct. 25, 2000

    Once again the science world has caused a big media frenzy over little bacteria, similar to what happened in 1996 with “ALH84001,” the Antarctic rock supposedly from Mars.

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