New sandbox for User:Mred64 located in my userspace.

Test page for articles, templates, etc. If something is posted here, please do not post it into the Wikipedia mainspace. As long as it is here, I am still working on it (editing, adding, checking information, etc.,) and therefore not ready to have it be posted into the actual encyclopedia yet. However, feel free to comment on any tests in here on this page's talk page.

Test Article: Life in the Solar System

Many scientists have proposed that that life may be found on other planets in the the Solar System. Although many believe that extraterrestrial life may be found living on Mars, other scientists believe it may be found in other places in the Solar System.

Venus

Venus is rarely thought of as habitable, but some astrobiologists have considered the possibility of life on the planet, particularly for organisms that have alternative biochemistries. Life using a similar biochemistry to life on Earth could be found in the clouds, using ultraviolet light as an energy source. Another possibility is that unidentified particles and moving patterns of light-absorbing materials in the clouds of Venus could potentially be photosynthetic organisms.

Jupiter

While Jupiter itself is considered a bad place to look for life, astrobiologists often look to the Jovian system as a place for alien life.

Europa

A popular belief is that Jupiter's moon Europa may contain an aquatic ecosystem beneath its ice surface. Europa is often considered another area where we may find water-based life. If there is life there, many expect to find habitats similar to hydrothermal vents on Earth. It has also been theorized that life could live off oxygen brought down into the ocean through the churning of the moon's icy surface.

Io

Saturn

Titan

Kuiper Belt

Although the Kuiper Belt is not considered habitable today, some astronomers think it could be in the distant future, as the Sun becomes more luminous and its habitable zone stretches further out. Many Kuiper Belt objects contain water, hydrocarbons, and other organic molecules, but they are currently frozen. As the sun expands and becomes brighter, some theorize these compounds could melt. Life could well evolve in these conditions, especially considering the immense surface area of all the Kuiper Belt Objects combined. However, any organisms that evolve there could be stopped in their tracks, when the sun shrinks down to a white dwarf.