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Serendip  Life on Mars?  Caitlin O'Keefe  For thousands of
years, mankind never doubted that life existed anywhere except
for on Earth. Yet as humans learn more about the world we live
in, we are beginning to ask questions about what exists in the
world beyond Earth. Exploring the moons and planets has been
around for centuries, but only in recent years have people been
able to study the solar system close-up. Now we have technology
that allows for scientists to travel to the moon and study
planets from spaceships that are able to land on, or orbit
around, them. With the advancement of technology comes the
advancement of new knowledge about the moons and planets that
have been a mystery to mankind for so long. Every year,
planetary scientists discover more evidence of a very complex
solar system. A question that has plagued scientist for years is
the driving force for many scientific exploratio