Lecture: Why Mars is Hostile to Life

Rockland Astronomy Club Presents Lecture, "Mars - Beautiful But Hostile to Life,"
at SUNY Rockland Community College

Admission is free and open to the public

Suffern, NY - A visiting professor will lecture at SUNY Rockland Community College on why Mars is hostile to life.

Friday, November 20, 8:00 p.m.

Technology Center, Room 8180 (Ellipse)

Lecture: "Mars - Beautiful But Hostile to Life" by Dr. Mary Lou West

Mars is the planet which is the most similar to Earth in the whole solar system. It has large volcanoes, magnificent craters, and huge sand dunes.  However, it is still unfriendly to life as we know it because the surface is cold, dry, windy, has no free oxygen, and is not protected from ultraviolet light. Why is this so?

Dr. Mary Lou West, a Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Montclair State University, received her undergraduate education at Cornell University and did her Ph.D. work at Columbia University. Her research interests are the active sun and what meteorites can tell us about the early days of the solar system.

For more information, contact Saeed Safaie, SUNY Rockland Community College Professor, Science, at (845) 574 – 4534, ssafaie@sunyrockland.edu

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