It’s also low in air and very dry and salty… yet somehow, life exists there, living in salt formations. At 3,541 meters (11,617 feet), it is the highest point and receives the most UV light. This lake is an ancient river and one of the best simulations of the planet Mars. Warren-Rhodes and his colleagues focused on the area on the border between the Atacama Desert and the Altiplano called Salar de Pajonales. Even in these harsh environments, life can be found trapped in burrows and underground. It is the Atacama Desert in Chile, one of the driest places in the world, not seeing rain for years. There is one place on Earth that bears a striking resemblance to the dry plains of Mars. With these species, we can create a well-designed road map to guide travelers to places with the possibility of past or present life – even how hidden. “We hope that other astronomers will improve our approach by mapping other habitats and life signatures. “Our design allows us to combine the power of natural statistics and machine learning to discover and predict how ecosystems behave and distribute themselves in the world’s most complex environments,” explains Warren-Rhodes. An international team of researchers led by astronomer Kimberley Warren-Rhodes of the SETI Institute has shown that these devices can detect hidden patterns in the atmosphere that may indicate the presence of signs of life. However, the history of life on Mars is a very big question.Īrtificial intelligence and machine learning could make the search for life on Mars even more difficult. Throw a rock at Earth, and it will probably land somewhere alive. Mars has almost the same dry surface as Earth, with one major difference.
Getting to Mars is tough – we want to make sure we make the most of the opportunities we have so we don’t ruin the journey.īut there is more to discover.
It’s good to talk more about life on Mars, but we also need to know where to look.
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