# There might just be life on Mars

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2006
- Speaker: Penelope Boston
- Year: 2006
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/penelope_boston_there_might_just_be_life_on_mars)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

So the Mars Rovers didn't scoop up any alien lifeforms. Scientist Penelope Boston thinks there's a good chance -- a 25 to 50 percent chance, in fact -- that life might exist on Mars, deep inside the planet's caves. She details how we should look and why.

## Lectures

1. [There might just be life on Mars](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/penelope_boston_there_might_just_be_life_on_mars/a6b47314d0c3), 19 min (TED's player)