Plutarch, a Greek philosopher who lived around A.D. 100, believed that there are people on the moon. It was also thought that it is Earth’s nearest neighbor in space and that it also has seas and lands. These are assumptions that were made before humans were able to scientifically study the moon.

There is no life of any sort on the moon. Even the smallest living organism would have not survived in the moon’s environment. Although man has touched its soil, the astronauts who visited the moon still had to wear special gears so they can breathe and walk on it. The moon’s crust was found to be geochemically unique and its composition may be a result of fractional crystallization of an ocean of magma, which the moon could be made of when it was first formed. The elements known to be present in the surface of the moon are oxygen, iron, magnesium, silicon, aluminum and calcium. Its atmosphere have been found to have potassium sodium, radon, polonium, helium, argon, oxygen, methane, carbon monoxide, nitrogen and carbon dioxide.

It must first be known how life is maintained in all living organisms. Each living thing is made of cells – the building blocks of life. These microscopic units are also made of parts, which are responsible for the continuous processes that undergo inside a cell. A cell needs to take in substances that are necessary for its survival. It gets its energy from substances such as sugar, oxygen, protein, sunlight and water. There are different kinds of life on earth and some of these organisms can live with minimal resources and even in extreme conditions and temperature. But all living things have one thing in common – they all need water. Even the smallest living thing needs water.

The moon has no body of water. Small amounts of it may have been deposited on the surface of the moon during meteoroid and comet impacts. Even if this is true, sunlight might have broken down the water into its basic elements – hydrogen and water. Moreover, any amount of water on the surface of the moon could have floated far into space because of the moon’s weak gravity.

Although the moon’s atmosphere has some oxygen in it, it is inadequate for the moon’s atmosphere or what’s also called the ‘lunar atmosphere’ to be habitable. This so-called atmosphere can more appropriately be called an exosphere. An exosphere consists of elements that come from the outer surroundings of the planet. It consists primarily of hydrogen and helium.

There is no intelligent life or any kind of life on the moon. Even a single-celled organism will not be able to live in it. There is no scientific theory that may still be being worked on that speculates the probable existence of life on the moon. The moon is considered to be planet-like due its structure but its resources are far from sufficient to support life.

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