Could Life Survive on Mercury? Why or why not?

Question

Could Life Survive on Mercury? Why or why not?

Answer 1

Not any kind of life we are aware of.  No water that we know of, too hot, no appreciable atmosphere.

People might be able to live on Mercury, underground away from the temperature variations of extreme heat and cold, but it doesn't seem likely to become a vacation spot.  Might be a good place for a solar observatory, but even as a space enthusiast, I wouldn't want to work there.

Answer 2

I dont think so, the day is too hot(at least 300 degrees F?) and the night is too cold,( less than -250 degrees F)

Answer 3

No, not at all. As far as i Know mercury has no atmosphere, any liquid water would boil away in milliseconds during the day (900+ degrees), and would freeze at night (-250 degrees) along with any life.  The only organism that might be able to survive would be a water bear, which can withstand extremely high, and low temperatures, but even then i doubt that would survive and if it did it would survive for a matter of minutes if not seconds

Answer 4

It is highly unlikely that any life forms could survive on Mercury.

So far, observations of Mercury from ground-based observers and the Mariner 10 spacecraft have not shown evidence of a significant atmosphere compared to other planets. Mariner 10 did observe a tiny amount of helium 1000 km above the surface, but this is probably caused by the solar wind and the breakdown of Mercury's crust.

Temperatures at the surface range between -300 and 800degrees F (hot enough for lead to melt). This large range in surface temperature is possible because Mercury is so close to the Sun (a year is only 88 Earth days long) and does not have enough atmosphere present to moderate the range in surface temperature.

Answer 5

no it is too close to the sun too much radiation and the opposite side is to cold

Answer 6

No.. It's too hot there and Mercury is constantly bombarded with solar wind.

Answer 7

not our kind of life... its too close to the sun... but there could potentially be some type of lifeform that wud survive there, just no one knows for sure...

Answer 8

it cant.. it has poisonous gases in it and it is too hot for mankind to survive there

Answer 9

Mercury is an abiotic environment, devoid of any life forms.

The temperatures on Mercury are extreme and consist of the largest range. They range from -173 degrees Celsius to 467 degrees Celsius. No primitive life form that we know of can survive that.

Mercury does not have any oxygen (let alone water), which are the two necessities of life. The absence of these elements once again prove the nonexistence of life.

Mercury does not have an atmosphere, relieving us of atmospheric pressure and exposing us to the Space vacuum, which will result in death.

Mercury is way too close to the sun, which means you can be affected by sudden gusts of solar winds, extreme heat and other affects from the Sun.

Answer 10

no, mercury is too close to the sun and it would be too hot to support life.

Answer 11

No theres no way that life could ever have been on Mercury.  Because it is so small it can not support an atmosphere.  On top of that it has no magnetic field like Earth to deflect charged particles ejected from the sun which would keep Mercury from having an atmosphere even if it were a large planet.  And if all that wasn't bad enough, there is nothing to stop the incredible amount of gamma radiation released by the sun from reaching the surface of the planet which would cook any organic life forms.