What will Martian Life look like?

Question

We've found ice on Mars, now it's time to find life.

I'm not sure it'll look like Marvin the Martian, but I bet it'll be close...

Answer 1

I would be very tiny like bacteria, because there is only little capacity for life till now.

But later on it can increase and we would be standing on mars someday.

Answer 2

hahaha! Martians are uglier than my planets species...By the way...you'll never find them, they are well hidden in that pitiful planet.

Answer 3

You are presupposing that life will be found. That is extremely unlikely.

The water that has been found on Mars contains mineral salts which would prevent any life from forming at all.

This is what NASA/JPL said about the water found,

"Like salt used as a preservative, high concentrations of dissolved minerals in the wet, early-Mars environment known from discoveries by NASA's Opportunity rover may have thwarted any microbes from developing or surviving.

"Not all water is fit to drink," said Andrew Knoll, a member of the rover science team who is a biologist at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass".

So I doubt they will find any at all, sorry to disappoint you.

Answer 4

Very, very tiny. The only really likely life that could exist on mars is bacteria, which don't look like much except little tubes and spheres.

Answer 5

it would be microbial at best. like ameobas and bacteria.

Answer 6

If there is any at all, it will look like bacteria.

Answer 7

it will look like me in the mornings without make-up