Microbes Might Survive on Mars | SciShow News

We’re all excited about the Mars rover Perseverance this week, but scientists are also working on some other exciting things!

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[Brownyman]

These prequel episodes of "The Expanse" are getting really good!

[billieticklish]

When your 30-million-dollar soap can't even kill that 0.01% germs

[dreadpirate]

I got news for you. We will never live on mars. The human body evolved with earths gravity and will not function long term on mars.

[instaperil]

Calling the perseverance rover Percy made my heart flutter

[WisdomShark]

Let's just hope there aren't any sontarans behind this ATMOS

[UKdajenx]

Nevermind cyanobacteria, take potatoes, they're the real martian food source 😉

[paulwilliams]

@scishow could you start enabling captions on your videos? I am hard of hearing and captions would help out a lot! #scishow

[Shaden]

Atmos, seriously? We saw what that did on Doctor Who.

[PATRICKJLM]

You forgot to mention that the temp on Mars can go up to +20C. The oxygen and the methane we detected is seasonal and during the warm season. On Earth, countless forms of life hibernate (in different ways) during winter, or during periods where conditions aren't suitable.

[luciuslouis]

It is amazing to think about what the next 50 years of innovations will lead to, I'm only 20 so i may never step foot on mars but the idea that 100 years from now my grandchild could be living on the red planet is exciting

[arashmoradian]

why not genetically modify or force evolution by exposing the bacteria to gradually harsher conditions untill we hit something resembling the state of mars?

[MrTomtomtest]

Also: bacteria can evolve way faster than bigger organisms as they go thru generations much faster. Growing colonies in a lower pressure container is already selecting the ones more likely to develop & thrive in that setting. Maybe if we do that long enough and at lower & lower pressure we can "breed" bacteria that would thrive in the Martian atmo.

[PrecioustheMovie]

I’m going to predict right now with my lack of knowledge and experience that microbes can definitely survive on Mars.

[dabr]

Colonizing Mars with the power of the Sontaran Empire? Glorious.

[sriraghavt]

one small step for Microbes, giant leap for Mars

[ColonelBanana]

So ancient aliens explored Earth, similar to us exploring Mars, and their rovers left microbes which started life on Earth. Good to know.

[cococreates]

Pretty sure there was a whole episode of Dr Who telling us that ATMOS was a bad idea 😂

[LolUGotBusted]

Oh man, and I had just finished the marketing campaign strategy for 'Matt Damon's Martian Mashed Poo-tatoes'

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