Is there life on the moon?
Since time immemorial there has been speculation as to whether there is life on the moon. However, most of the experiments speak against it, even if one last word has of course not yet been spoken.
Life on the moon? - There was speculation about that
- The question of whether there is life on the moon is not new. People have always speculated about it, for example the astronomer Kepler in the 16th century. Century, who saw the moon as inhabited by "Levanians".
- But not only the figurative "man in the moon", which every closer observer of a full moon can make up for himself, but also those with a telescope well Visible "lunar channels" gave rise to the wildest speculations about a lunar population or lunar cities, also among well-known astronomers such as Wilhelm Herschel.
- And even in the 20th The 19th century, even after NASA's Apollo missions, was marked by the observation of luminous phenomena (probably meteorite impacts) as well strange objects on moon photos speculated about whether they were from an (intelligent) moon population or extraterrestrials who landed there, came from.
Are there any indications of living beings?
- Modern science does not ask the question whether there is an (intelligent) population on the moon, but whether life is even possible on the moon.
- Of course, the focus is not on higher living beings, but on life in the form of microorganisms, i.e. bacteria, viruses, fungi or algae.
- In the meantime, numerous experiments have shown that not only on the moon, but also above all in comets and gas or gas Dust clouds show numerous organic compounds. However, the question arises as to whether these are preliminary stages of life or remnants.
- And also the experiment with so-called. Tardigrade exposed to inhospitable conditions (cold, heat, radiation) in space for an extremely long period of time and then increased again, shows: The principle of "life" is tenacious and probably represented much more often than one thinks could.
- But does that also exist on the moon? This question is still controversial. A more highly developed life is hardly imaginable. However, in certain areas (moon ice, water reservoirs or other ecological niches under the surface of the moon), lower organisms could be preserved or have formed. Spores from mushrooms could simply outlast the currently inhospitable conditions for life on the moon.
- And last but not least, there are also life forms that are not based on the presence of water and oxygen. However, it is doubtful whether the arsenic bacteria recently published by NASA really exist.
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