Is life possible on Mars and Venus?

“That's much longer than is believed to have occurred on Mars,” says Limaye. A composite image of the planet Venus as seen by the Japanese probe Akatsuki. The clouds of Venus could have environmental conditions conducive to microbial life. JAXA/Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. read more

Life is not possible on Venus. You can die in less than a minute due to the extreme heat and the toxic gases. Mars - No. Elon Musk thinks that life is possible on Mars, however Mars does not have a magnetosphere and has a thin atmosphere. Despite my 14 years of age, I suggest people invest in life on Titan, Jupiter’s moon. There is a magnetosphere. read more

Life is possible anywhere, but, as we define it, it seems unlikely that there would be life anywhere in the solar system except on Earth and, possibly, on Europa. We have not ruled out Mars and Venus, however. It depends on your definition, and on whose eyes you are looking through. read more

Most astronomers feel that it would be impossible for life to exist on Venus. Today, Venus is a very hostile place. It is a very dry planet with no evidence of water, its surface temperature is hot enough to melt lead, and its atmosphere is so thick that the air pressure on its surface is over 90 times that on Earth. read more