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- DerHarm, on 11/17/2008, -16/+8I wonder if they had ocean dwelling dinosaurs 6,000 years ago too?
- speedk0re, on 11/18/2008, -2/+12JESUS HORSES!!
- stuffradio, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2Wahey!
- speedk0re, on 11/18/2008, -2/+12JESUS HORSES!!
- cease, on 11/18/2008, -0/+49The more information that we seem to collect on Mars, the more astonishing it gets! I love science.
- chr0nic21, on 11/18/2008, -7/+1***** mars...we need help here...in our ocean of debt and bankruptcies.
- pw378, on 11/18/2008, -0/+3"...knowing where Mars went wrong gives us great insight into our own planet. If you think we’re wasting money on researching Mars, then I suggest you take a cold, hard look at that cold, hard planet, then look out your window at our own home world."
- kjajames, on 11/18/2008, -0/+0We are never going to resolve problems like debt and bankruptcies, and if we do, problems will arise to take their place. It seems just like us humans to hate each for something ridiculous unless we run into a problem that threatens the entire human race.
So when aliens arrive to kill us, or when a massive meteor blows up earth, or the likely scenario of us humans wiping each other off the face off the planet through war. Don't come crying to our new found home Mars or any other terrestrial colonies us space-exploring-forward-thinkers decide to settle on.
- mediahaze, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1I spent about an hour last night on the wiki for planet earth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth ) and I had the exact same thoughts!
Science pwns!
- chr0nic21, on 11/18/2008, -7/+1***** mars...we need help here...in our ocean of debt and bankruptcies.
- IVAN3MAN, on 11/18/2008, -4/+3Every time I hear evidence of ancient rivers/oceans and the possibility of past life on Mars, I think of that movie "Quatermass and the Pit".
Fascinating!- petebot, on 11/18/2008, -2/+3Funny, I think of Total Recall.
- cdahlkvist, on 11/18/2008, -2/+2I think of Mars Attacks. Ack! Ack!
- petebot, on 11/18/2008, -2/+3Funny, I think of Total Recall.
- troposquare, on 11/18/2008, -2/+8If only we could go back in time and be on Mars when there were oceans. The temperatures would have been balmy (liquid water), there would have been some sort of reasonable atmosphere (no oxygen...... although is Mars red because the iron has oxidised?) and I suppose the core of the planet might have still been molten, so there may have been a magnetic field protecting the surface from harmful radiation.
sigh- Harabeck, on 11/18/2008, -0/+4It definately would have had a molten core at some point. And the oxygen levels would be less than Earth, the only reason we have so much is because of metabolizing life, it's one of the few ways to get oxygen not bonded with other stuff, oxides like the rust on Mars is pretty common though.
- BaoUnit, on 11/18/2008, -2/+1"If only we could go back in time and be on Mars"
Ahahaha, Adventure Time! - ultraseamus, on 11/18/2008, -1/+4Reminds me of south park, now all you have to do is jump into a pool of water with a TiVo full of Mars documentaries.
- Spoomeister, on 11/18/2008, -3/+2...and then starve because there's no plant or animal life there to eat.
Life on Mars could have stopped before moving beyond a simple-celled-organism level.- ultraseamus, on 11/18/2008, -1/+6So you are saying that if given the chance to magically time travel and transport ourselves to Mars, we should not because we might starve? That's like saying that if we had a chance to ride a Velociraptor we should not because it would probably kill us.
- Cludgo, on 11/18/2008, -6/+17Forget the ocean, what the fack is the red arrow pointing at?!
- ViSioN, on 11/18/2008, -1/+6The article says volcanoes.
- TheWhiteOtter, on 11/18/2008, -5/+2I think its meant to be a volcano be I'm guessing really. Should have said in the article.
- Harabeck, on 11/18/2008, -1/+11RTA: "Maybe it was the formation of the giant volcanoes (indicated by the red arrows in the above image)"
- Phearce, on 11/18/2008, -1/+2The Z-scale (height) in the graphic is exaggerated to better represent elevation.
- pw378, on 11/18/2008, -0/+3Barad'Dur?
- ATLien74, on 11/18/2008, -1/+2Fack, if I know.
- Wundur, on 11/18/2008, -5/+7Well they did come here and lived with humans when they were warned not to do so.
The lifeblood water of their planet was used to kill off all of earth's tainted genetics except for a few pure humans that survived the flooding to carry on the human race.
Once the flood completed it's purpose the lands of Earth were reformed to accommodate the extra water.
And now you know what to happened to all that water that once existed on Mars.- noen, on 11/18/2008, -3/+3No, now I know how stupid some diggers are.
- doublefelix, on 11/18/2008, -4/+2That makes about as much sense as the version in the Bible.
- sgiffy, on 11/18/2008, -1/+2What you come up when stoned is generally not an accurate view of things. Trust me.
- Vike, on 11/18/2008, -5/+2Another from the master of Astronomy.
- VeryBoredNow, on 11/18/2008, -16/+1evidence says : MAYBE
Fact says: Burried- Harabeck, on 11/18/2008, -1/+2But the evidence is made of facts...
- Chassit, on 11/18/2008, -0/+4And the dictionary says "buried".
- beesaretasty, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1And the dictionary also says dig.
- Indierocka, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1Seriously though, can we get a yes or a no. We've had like 26 "evidence says maybe" articles
- imasuperDOTcom, on 11/18/2008, -3/+2Dude, you now what's going to happen
http://maxgrace.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/425px- ...
We need to stop investigating that planet!- stuffradio, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2No we don't, we just need to offer you up as a sacrifice! :D
- AchaIemoipas, on 11/18/2008, -2/+4I wonder, if we ever get to live on Mars, if there will be a guy named "Jack Smith" who will find magic plates left behind by the martian Jesus.
And if so, will it include polygamy.- imasuperDOTcom, on 11/18/2008, -1/+8That's pretty lame. Would've been better if you'd made a joke about finding martians on the planet, and pushing them further and further towards the crappy part of the planet until we had to give them mars reservations and pay for the college education for hundreds of years after the fact.
Yeah, that would've been more funny.- AchaIemoipas, on 11/18/2008, -2/+4Yeah but that doesn't mock Mormons.
Which is the whole point. Because Mormons are ridiculous. - designerutah, on 11/18/2008, -2/+1Are Mormons any more ridiculous than any other religious person? I ask because I live in Utah (surrounded by Mormons), and I find them to be much like any other people. Some take their beliefs seriously and seem to improve themselves because of it (much like good Catholics, Baptists, Muslims, etc.). Others don't take it seriously and live about like anyone else (except with guilt --- again, just like Catholics).
I get that you're saying their beliefs are ridiculous. But which ones are MORE ridiculous than the ones shared by any other major religion? - pw378, on 11/18/2008, -1/+2Achalempoipas: I used to mock mormons myself. However, in the past 12 years I've lived all over the country, from California to Wisconsin, Alaska to Virginia.. Having met a lot of people with a wide variety of beliefs, personalities and traits, I must say that I have found Mormons to be among the most educated, intelligent, decent and likable.
Judge people by their actions and character, not by your personal ignorance and bigotries. - AchaIemoipas, on 11/19/2008, -0/+2The fact that they aren't anymore ridiculous than most religions doesn't make them not ridiculous.
Their religion is based on the stupidest mythology I've ever heard of.
I found Mormons to be bigots who only act nice towards white heterosexual christians.
- AchaIemoipas, on 11/18/2008, -2/+4Yeah but that doesn't mock Mormons.
- imasuperDOTcom, on 11/18/2008, -1/+8That's pretty lame. Would've been better if you'd made a joke about finding martians on the planet, and pushing them further and further towards the crappy part of the planet until we had to give them mars reservations and pay for the college education for hundreds of years after the fact.
- bijanshahrokhi, on 11/18/2008, -4/+1very interesting
- Garofoli, on 11/18/2008, -1/+4I say yes. There is much evidence to prove past water bodies on Mars.
- idioteque1025, on 11/18/2008, -1/+9Sometimes I wish Saturn or Jupiter was the planet closest to us that we were exploring. I bet there is a bunch of crazy ***** going on there that we don't know about.
- netneutrality, on 11/18/2008, -1/+3Well Saturn and Jupiter don't have surfaces. They're just balls of gas that get denser as you go down, so they're not much to look at up close. They do have over 60 moons each though, and some of those are much more interesting.
- Cenobite, on 11/18/2008, -2/+6If Saturn and/or Jupiter were as close to us as Mars is, we'd be completely *****!
- painting, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1stupid gravity!
- netneutrality, on 11/18/2008, -0/+3Our solar system is much huger than that. The distances between planets are tens of thousands of times greater than the sizes of the planets themselves.
- doublefelix, on 11/18/2008, -1/+3There's a bunch of crazy ***** going on in my pants that we don't know about.
- stuffradio, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2Who you gonna call... GHOST BUSTERS!
- speedk0re, on 11/18/2008, -9/+3mars sucks
- doublefelix, on 11/18/2008, -0/+6not as hard as Uranus
- speedk0re, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2that was pretty good!
- doublefelix, on 11/18/2008, -0/+6not as hard as Uranus
- andyb747, on 11/18/2008, -1/+7kuato lives
- OsiVert, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1The Martians love Kuato. They think he's f'n George Washington
- rjrebel75, on 11/18/2008, -5/+2i wonder if they had a hurricane season?
- roddack, on 11/18/2008, -2/+4I wonder if the Whalers on the moon are going to head to mars then and carry their harpoons
- Tankslap, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2What would Bob Marley's band be doing with harpoons?
- speedk0re, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1dude they got kicked out of Hartford like 10 years ago
- MyNameIsGusto, on 11/18/2008, -3/+4Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe.
- KSUdesigner, on 11/18/2008, -1/+1Mars is nowhere near the same distance from the sun as earth. Earth is about 93 million miles from the sun, Mars is about 142 million miles from the sun. We're actually closer to Venus than we are to Mars.
http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/AtHomeAstronomy/act10_ ...
And just because there is oxygen in water does not mean that people could breathe on the planet. It's not a mystery...it is a known fact that the atmosphere on Mars does not contain oxygen, therefore we could not breathe on Mars.- MyNameIsGusto, on 11/18/2008, -1/+3I was quoting Dan Quayle.
- Spoomeister, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1But there's no food.
- KSUdesigner, on 11/18/2008, -1/+1Mars is nowhere near the same distance from the sun as earth. Earth is about 93 million miles from the sun, Mars is about 142 million miles from the sun. We're actually closer to Venus than we are to Mars.
- wrmjr, on 11/18/2008, -2/+2Good article, until the end, IMO. Understanding what happened to Mars is an interesting scientific issue, but I'm not sure it gets us any closer to preventing the same thing happening here. Science does some wonderful things, so it doesn't need inaccurate claims in its defense.
- warriorscot, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1Until we actually know what happened there is no reason it couldn't happen to the earth, for example if the earths magnetic field were to disappear for whatever reason we would be toast, same goes if the planet core solidified it happened on mars and we really don't know enough to say it could never happen to us even if it is unlikely. Also if it was caused by massive volcanism its very possible it could happen to the earth which is very tectonically active.
- GiJoeBob, on 11/18/2008, -1/+4Get your ass to Mars.
- PGPirate, on 11/18/2008, -1/+5Write this down. M.A.R.S. That's right! Mars, bitches!
- vintagegeek, on 11/18/2008, -3/+2IS THERE LIFE ON MAAAAAAAAARRRSSSSS!!!
/oh, like that song didn't pop in your head.- ethbone, on 11/18/2008, -0/+0Almost immediately. Now it's stuck there!
- indiancompanion, on 11/18/2008, -0/+2sorry for not knowing this, but what song are you talking about?
- Witchdoktor, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1David Bowie man.
- painting, on 11/18/2008, -2/+3I, for one, welcome our new potential living beings on mars overlords.
- netneutrality, on 11/18/2008, -2/+2I, for one, welcome being overlord of potential living beings on Mars.
- Spoomeister, on 11/18/2008, -1/+1Sheesh, all we hear about lately is Mars, Mars, Mars.
If you like it so much, why don't you just move there?
...seriously, this is really cool. I keep waiting for a evidence of a fossil. - jordantneff, on 11/18/2008, -1/+1Good, it once had oceans which means it has the ability to support life. So lets raise the temperature, terraform the bitch, and make planet digg!
- dOOBiEx213, on 11/18/2008, -6/+3Mars: who gives a *****.
- digitallysick, on 11/18/2008, -1/+1The scary part is what happened to it? Makes you wonder if other planets were like earth, and something happened , or if we will end up like those planets at some point
- sgiffy, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1I think its somewhat inevitable barring us preventing it through technology. Eventually a comet or asteroid of sufficient size will hit us, or the process the fuel the core will stop, or finally the sun will die out.
- wacked, on 11/18/2008, -1/+1the martians must have pissed off their god by not believing in creationism...
- TVo14, on 11/18/2008, -3/+0So ***** what if theres water there? Are you gonna go fishing?? The chances that the coincendence or accident of life that occured here, and can accident happen there are 1 billion trilliion gazillion to 1 but I heard Mars has their own god, named, er, Mars.
- sgiffy, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1Not necessarily. Life may be much more common then we think, especially of the unicellular variety. I would not be the least surprised if we find life, or past life on at least one body in our solar system.
- 3leggedHorse, on 11/18/2008, -1/+1Mars what Earth will look like in the next billion years or so.
It's what happens when a planets core cools to solid rock. - rheemglas, on 11/18/2008, -3/+0Whats the big deal? There MAY have been an ocean a few Billion years ago? Call me when they actually find an existing ocean of water. Wouldn't resources be better spent on exploring a place we might actually go in the next 100 years, like, oh, I don't know, the moon?
- Smaug52X, on 11/18/2008, -1/+0
- OsiVert, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1I was taught that the sun would become a red giant and engulf the inner solar system before any planets became sucked in by gravity.
- baltar2008, on 11/18/2008, -1/+1TAKE THAT JESUS!
- beesaretasty, on 11/18/2008, -1/+1It's bad enough when they colorize the planet to look red, but now making it look all psychedelic is just ridiculous. Who do they think they're fooling?
- ninjaface, on 11/18/2008, -4/+1who the ***** cares?
- ProfessorRiffs, on 11/18/2008, -0/+4People who matter care. We now know that you belong to the other group of people.
- harajukukei, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1it makes pretty good sense. at the beginning of earth's existence, it was just a big ball of molten rock. Mars was probably the same and as it cooled down surely it went through a long enough phase of time at the right temperature to have had an ocean/atmosphere and supported life. But can we drill for oil?
- SexyFarts, on 11/18/2008, -0/+1"Of COURSE Mars had oceans. They were a thriving planet until that mess with the magnetic field threw them into chaos. Fortunately, they thought ahead and seeded that nice blue planet this side of Venus. The Martians are gone but we’re here thanks to their generosity and foresight. It was nice of them to hurl a big rock at our planet to get rid of those nasty dinosaurs, too. Now if some other civilization would do something about the Republicans down here…"
post taken from the article - dildoolielly, on 11/18/2008, -2/+2Yesterday's Flat Earthers are today's Christians
And in 100 years from now the nutjobs will be just a small fringe group of lunatics, perverts, psychotics, derelicts, retards, criminals, pedophiles and insane people.
Look in the mirror Christians. Today's Christian is really yesterday's Flat Earther. - samk, on 11/18/2008, -1/+1Scientists have somehow overlooked the fact that the perfect grid on the surface of Mars is proof that there was intelligent life.
- GeorgeTirebiter, on 11/19/2008, -0/+0Yes, things went horribly "wrong" on Mars in the past. The inhabitants did not listen to their government and continued to spew greenhouse gasses into the then present atmosphere. I wish Al Gore had been there to warn them. Alas, we may never know who these remarkable people were.
- CDollars, on 11/19/2008, -0/+0Maybe this will encourage people to be more environmentally conscious!
I doubt it'll ever get enough publicity for that though, thanks to all of the ridiculous gossip flying around about trashy celebrities (you know, real news).
- CDollars, on 11/19/2008, -0/+0Maybe this will encourage people to be more environmentally conscious!
- CDollars, on 11/19/2008, -0/+0Wow, there are a surprising amount of haters contributing to this thread.
Even if you don't care or "give a *****" about this discovery, you should at least be able to appreciate the incredible advances that continue to be made in the name of science. - seanovan, on 11/19/2008, -0/+1"loss of its magnetic field that exposed its atmosphere to erosion by the solar wind."
Experts talk of our north and south poles moving and possibly "flipping", I hope it has nothing to do with being eroded by solar winds. - bahijahazza, on 11/20/2008, -0/+0Facts don't matter, only belief matters, proven by everyone's own words. Are you sure any of this is science at all? Can science really just be opinion? Two scientists look at the same object and come up with two completely different conclusions as to why it exists. Who can be right if you don't believe in right?
- sering, on 11/22/2008, -0/+1that's nice
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