Question: do u think venus and mars had life at 1 point

Vicky Fawcett answered on 27 Mar 2025:

We don’t think Venus ever had life – it has a really really thick atmosphere which means it traps lots of heat. The surface of Venus is almost 500 degrees so we don’t think anything could survive!

Mars is interesting – we have found evidence that there might have once been oceans on Mars which is really exciting. Since water is essential for life, this could mean that Mars once had life on it… we are actually planning a mission to Mars where the Mars robots are going to drill down and search for fossils!