Volume 36 #10 – October

Over 40 years ago, Time magazine published an article titled “Life on Mars.”Researchers had found a rock in Antarctica that most scientists believed came from the planet Mars. It was about the size of a soda can, weighing a little over four pounds. This rock made the headlines because it had something on it that the article said was “evidence that we are not alone in the Universe.” Supposedly, this little rock proved there was life in outer space. You probably have never heard of this rock. If it was so important, why have you not heard of it? The “evidence” of life in outer space was not good evidence at all. Supposedly, the rock contained fossil remains of tiny bacteria that lived in outer space. After further investigation, the formations in the rock could have been lots of things other than bacteria, and there was no evidence of life in space.