For which solar system object has the most extensive search for life been made?
A)Venus
B)Jupiter
C)Mercury
D)Mars

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Mars has been the focus of the most extensive search for life in the solar system, with multiple robotic missions sent by various space agencies over the past few decades. These missions have discovered evidence of past water on Mars and identified potential areas where microbial life could exist. Venus has not been a major target of astrobiology missions, and while Jupiter's moons Europa and Ganymede have subsurface oceans that could potentially harbor life, they have not been studied as extensively as Mars. Mercury is too close to the sun and too hot to support life as we know it.

For Which Solar System Object Has the Most Extensive Search