NASA Spacecraft Detects Impact Glass on Surface of Mars - Polidicks

[QUOTE]During the past few years,[B] research has shown evidence about past life has been preserved in impact glass here on Earth[/B]. A 2014 study led by scientist Peter Schultz of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, found organic molecules and plant matter entombed in glass formed by an impact that occurred millions of years ago in Argentina. Schultz suggested that similar processes might preserve signs of life on Mars, if they were present at the time of an impact.[/QUOTE] [quote]The technique pinpointed deposits in several Martian crater central peaks, the craggy mounds that often form in the center of a crater during a large impact. The fact the deposits were found on central peaks is a good indicator that they have an impact origin. [B]Knowing that impact glass can preserve ancient signs of life -- and now knowing that such deposits exist on the Martian surface today -- opens up a potential new strategy in the search for ancient Martian life.[/B][/quote] Aliens. [url]http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-spacecraft-detects-impact-glass-on-surface-of-mars[/url]

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Well theres the landing site for the future drilling rover

It makes me sad to think that possibly: There were civilizations and whole planets of inhabitants like us many many thousands/millions years ago. They sent signals, tried contacting other planets and exploring space. And now we may discover in near future remains of past lives on those planets just to find out that we are late, and whatever may have ever existed on those planets is now dead, cities burried under kilometers of sand/dust? Could happen to us too, I mean eventually humans will be extinct, and planet earth will be either just a massive water sphere with cities under water or just sandy sphere with cities under sand. I mean there is no doubt eventually some kind of current/past life forms will be detected. Who knows, maybe whole star battles or galactic warfare happened before and it was complete life form extinction.

[QUOTE=arleitiss;47910947]Who knows, maybe whole star battles or galactic warfare happened before and it was complete life form extinction.[/QUOTE] A sort of [I]Star War[/I], if you will.

Or maybe we'll eventually drill through some layer only to find that they were living underground this whole time, at which point they'll burst forth and swarm us like baby spiders from an egg sac.

While this is an amazing find, I strongly doubt there was any civilized life on Mars because I think we would've found proof of it by now, but then again who knows what else is beneath Mars' surface and there's also the fact that only the signs of former life on Mars NASA has found(so far) have been fossilized bacteria on Martian meteorites and or rocks.

[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;47911441]In the end, the universe will run out of energy and turn into a zero kelvin, lifeless, energy-less, dark place. So yeah, enjoy life while you have it![/QUOTE] Actually, the heat death of the universe will leave it quite a bit higher than 0K. It's, in fact, impossible for ANYTHING to ever reach the temperature of 0K, let alone the whole universe at once. It also wouldn't really be black or without any energy at all either, there will be always blackbody photons fizzing about. They won't be able to perform any meaningful work, true, but that's another story.

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[QUOTE=RenegadeCop;47911441]In the end, the universe will run out of energy and turn into a zero kelvin, lifeless, energy-less, dark place. So yeah, enjoy life while you have it![/QUOTE] Well then, YOLO!

[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;47911642]Actually, the heat death of the universe will leave it quite a bit higher than 0K. It's, in fact, impossible for ANYTHING to ever reach the temperature of 0K, let alone the whole universe at once. It also wouldn't really be black or without any energy at all either, there will be always blackbody photons fizzing about. They won't be able to perform any meaningful work, true, but that's another story.[/QUOTE] I always wondered how, when reading about heat death, the immense time scale wouldn't allow for everything to eventually get sucked back in. I mean, I understand that the current best guess about the model of space is open or flat so the universe will expand forever and everything will drift apart endlessly. But I feel like after an infinite amount of time, all the black holes and neutron stars and stellar remnants would eventually bump into each other and become so dense that they suck everything back in and it can all start over again. Of course I just look at articles like these for shits and giggles and don't understand anything beyond my AST112 course. I just wish the universe would end already so we can see what happens. :rolleyes:

After an infinite amount of time all black holes will have "boiled" away due to Hawking radiation. Also, proton decay ([I]if[/I] the proton has a half-life) will make sure that there are no stellar remnants left or matter to speak of.

Hopefully some day we can achieve efficient space travel. I want humanity to at least explore this solar system at least, then hopefully in the next few hundred years or so, we discover some strange law or anomaly in physics that allows efficient interstellar travel.

The chances of finding life on other planets is very slim, so we would be extremely lucky to find life on the planet right next to us.

[QUOTE=Banhfunbags;47914375]The chances of finding life on other planets is very slim[/QUOTE] We don't really know this (assuming the planet has the right conditions for life), as far as Mars goes there are many things that suggest it might have supported life previously.

You should all watch this [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fQkVqno-uI[/media]

The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one.

[QUOTE=Angry pepper;47916379]The chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one.[/QUOTE] But still, they come.

It's only a matter of time before we find a certain ruins on Mars

[QUOTE=Rapscallion92;47916397]But still, they come.[/QUOTE] Sounds like the opening line of a trailer. By god sir, you give me hope :tear:

[QUOTE=arleitiss;47910947]It makes me sad to think that possibly: There were civilizations and whole planets of inhabitants like us many many thousands/millions years ago. They sent signals, tried contacting other planets and exploring space. And now we may discover in near future remains of past lives on those planets just to find out that we are late, and whatever may have ever existed on those planets is now dead, cities burried under kilometers of sand/dust? Could happen to us too, I mean eventually humans will be extinct, and planet earth will be either just a massive water sphere with cities under water or just sandy sphere with cities under sand. I mean there is no doubt eventually some kind of current/past life forms will be detected. Who knows, maybe whole star battles or galactic warfare happened before and it was complete life form extinction.[/QUOTE] like in ALIEN

[QUOTE=Dr. Disciple;47920025]Sounds like the opening line of a trailer. By god sir, you give me hope :tear:[/QUOTE] it's from the original war of the worlds book / musical, those words make up the melody for one of the first songs (which is absolutely god-tier)

[QUOTE=Dr. Disciple;47920025]Sounds like the opening line of a trailer. By god sir, you give me hope :tear:[/QUOTE] [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgIuUyAUxaw[/media] Skip to the six minute mark. [QUOTE=Deathtrooper2;47925918]If we actually find life on Mars, it might be underground, like some type of worm like creature...[/QUOTE] [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandworm_(Dune)[/url] [QUOTE=Deathtrooper2;47925918]...or some other weird shit. Or some how we dig under the red dirt on mars and find out that mars was some ghost world of an unknown race.[/QUOTE] [url]http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Tomb_World[/url]

If we actually find life on Mars, it might be underground, like some type of worm like creature, or some other weird shit. Or some how we dig under the red dirt on mars and find out that mars was some ghost world of an unknown race.

[QUOTE=Adarrek;47916624]It's only a matter of time before we find a certain ruins on Mars[/QUOTE] If we find some sort of history of life on Mars that isn't there anymore, maybe we can point up there for all the people that refuse the idea that global warning and stuff exists, and show them that's what's in store for us unless we get our shit straight quick.

[QUOTE=usaokay;47911408]Then it's time to make our [I]Star Trek[/I], and to go boldly where no man has gone before.[/QUOTE] Let's just hope there isn't a battlestar Galactica buried there

[QUOTE=Sableye;47928387]Let's just hope there isn't a battlestar Galactica buried there[/QUOTE] But the bsg was flown into the sun. The only thing we could possibly find is a couple raptors.

[QUOTE=Deathtrooper2;47914034]Hopefully some day we can achieve efficient space travel. I want humanity to at least explore this solar system at least, then hopefully in the next few hundred years or so, we discover some strange law or anomaly in physics that allows efficient interstellar travel.[/QUOTE] I just read an article that said that due to the expanding universe, the majority of galaxies out there are forever beyond our reach. There are huge amounts of the universe that even if we could travel at the speed of light we'd never get there. To get to such places you'd need to travel at multiples of the speed of light. The implication is that there may be thousands or more alien races out there, WITH light speed equipped spacecraft, that simply can't reach us. The expansion of the universe means the light from those galaxies never reaches us, so we will never see the signs of their existence. That's a possible answer to 'where are they?'. The Fermi Paradox assumes all galaxies are within reach of each other, it's just a matter of having the tech. But what if there's no tech that can overcome the ever increasing distances of an expanding universe? Sure you can send out self replicating probes that travel at the speed of light. Over X amount of years those probes will have spread out through the entire area around the home galaxy...the entire area within reach that is. It would take one hell of a freaky anomaly to allow travel that overcomes that kind of issue.

I love space so much.

[QUOTE=Sableye;47928387]Let's just hope there isn't a battlestar Galactica buried there[/QUOTE] I predict we'll find something far greater. An ancient starship, buried in the sand... In the confines of its hull, a galactic map, with a central point labeled with words from an ancient language. "Home".