TerraForming On Mars !

Based on experiences with Earth, the environment of a planet can be altered deliberately; however, the feasibility of creating an unconstrained planetary biosphere that mimics Earth on another planet has yet to be verified. Mars is usually considered to be the most likely candidate for terraforming.  Carl Sagan, an astronomer, proposed the planetary engineering of Venus in an article published in the journal Science in 1961.Sagan imagined...

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MARS-The planet's proximity and similarity to Earth.

Early speculation Historical map of Mars from Giovanni Schiaparelli. Mars canals illustrated by astronomer Percival Lowell, 1898. Mars' polar ice caps were observed as early as the mid-17th century, and they were first proven to grow and shrink alternately, in the summer and winter of each hemisphere, by William Herschel in the latter part of the 18th century. By the mid-19th century, astronomers knew that Mars had certain...

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Is There Life ElseWhere in Our Solar System ?

Allan Hills 84001 (commonly abbreviated ALH 84001 is a meteorite that was found in Allan Hills, Antarctica on December 27, 1984 by a team of U.S. meteorite hunters from the ANSMET project. Like other members of the group of SNCs  ALH 84001 is thought to be from Mars. However, it does not fit into any of the previously discovered SNC groups. On discovery, its mass was 1.93 kilograms (4.3 lb). It made its way into headlines worldwide in...

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Evolution of life on Earth

The Cosmic Calendar is a scale in which the 13.7 billion year lifetime of the universe is mapped onto a single year. At this scale the Big Bang took place on January 1 at midnight, and the current time is mapped to December 31 at midnight. At this scale, there are 434 years per second, 1.57 million years per hour, and 37.7 million years per day. The concept was popularized by Carl Sagan in...

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Are We Alone !

is it possible that we are the lone intelligent beings in the universe ? Or does the universe teem with civilizationwith whom we might someday join? This question probably has deeper philosophical implication than any other question in astronomy and hence is our number one mystery of the cosmos ! In this final mystery , We Will discuss this question and see why is has such profound implications for the future of human civilization !   ...

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