MYSTERIOUS PLANETS
VENUS AND MARS LIFE MAY EXIST THERE (United. Service) Reed. 10.55 a.m. LONDON, Friday. That life may exist on both Venus and Mars is the conclusion of Dr. A. S. Eddington, Professor of Astronomy in Cambridge University. In his latest publication, he says Venus, so far as is known, would be well adapted to a life similar to ours. The planet is about the same size as the earth and is nearer; the sun. but is probably no warmer. As regards Mars, Dr. Eddington says the two essentials, air and water, are both present, hut are scanty. The Martian atmosphere is thinner than the earth’s, but is nevertheless adequate. It has been proved to contain oxygen. If animal life exists on that mysterious planet, it is probably a different form of life from ours, as Mars has every appearance of being a planet long past its prime.
Professor Eddington is one of the greatest mathematicians and astronomers of the day. Born in 1882, he was educated at Cambridge, and after a. brilliant career there (he became senior wrangler) devoted himself wholly to astronomy, becoming director of the university observatory.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 514, 17 November 1928, Page 9
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