Get ready to dust yourselves down for life on Mars

SPEAKING of the end of life on Earth, Mars is back on the agenda as a potential home forus.

Nasa’s rover Curiosity has discovered organic compounds, an indication that there may once have been life on Mars.

However, Curiosity has also recorded seasonal methane patterns, in much the same way we see seasonal methane spikes the day after Paddy’s Day.

Mars does seem to be our best chance of starting over once we are done murdering this planet, but we might want to bring a jacket. Another Nasa rover, the Opportunity, is currently facing an end to its 14-year trek across the planet as it has been engulfed in a dust storm.

We hear “dust storm” and think of Saharan winds dumping red muck on your car. Mars is slightly different – this one covers 18 million square kilometres and so dense it has blocked out the sun, bad news for solar-powered Opportunity.

But it’ll still be the best shot we have at a new home, so here’s to the cast of ‘Love Island 2525’ coming live from Mars, where a gaggle of emaciated humans who attempt to procreate in boiling heat.

So not that different really.