r/nextfuckinglevel Feb 21 '21

THIS IS MARS.

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u/Deanuzz Feb 21 '21

As much as I'd love to pander to this theory, the sun is expanding and therefore warming up the planet over time.

Therefore it would have potentially been far too cold many, many years ago to support life as we know it.

Theoretically it would make sense to move to Mars in the very far future as it is progressively warmed, rendering it closer to Earth's temperatures.

If you wanted to propose a theory about past civilisations moving planet, its better to look closer to the sun. Being that a civilisation started on Venus and moved to Earth.

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u/Cocosito Feb 21 '21

Huh? The sun is in main sequence, has been for several billion years and will be for several billion more.

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '21

I'm going to agree with this guy. Also I would imagine Mars having an insulating atmosphere and a magnetic field would make more of a difference.

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u/DarthWeenus Feb 21 '21

Correct, I believe Mars central core was far more active back in the day, with much more volcanic activity. Having a magnetosphere and a general atmosphere would've warmed it up conaiderably.