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Tag Archives: subsurface life
Hunting for biosignatures in volcanic rocks
[Editor’s note: From a paper by Magnus Ivarsson, Therese Sallstedt, and Diana-Thean Carlsson recently published in Frontiers in Earth Science.] Morphological Biosignatures in Volcanic Rocks – Applications for Life Detection on Mars The exploration of Mars is largely based on comparisons with … Continue reading
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Tagged biosignatures, ESA, European Space Agency, ExoMars, ExoMars 2020, ExoMars 2020 rover, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jezero Crater, JPL, life, M2020, Mars 2020, Mars 2020 rover, microbial life, NASA, Oxia Planum, Rosalind Franklin, subsurface life, volcanic rocks
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Could detoxing Mars soil lead to new medicines?
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is one of humankind’s major long-term health challenges. Now research into helping humans live on Mars could help address this looming problem. Dennis Claessen, associate professor at the Institute of Biology in Leiden University, the Netherlands … Continue reading
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Tagged bacteria, ESA, European Space Agency, life, microbial life, perchlorates, subsurface life
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Early Mars: Right ingredients for subsurface life
A new study shows that the breakdown of water molecules trapped in ancient Martian rocks likely produced enough chemical energy to sustain microorganisms for hundreds of millions of years beneath the Red Planet’s surface. (…) “We showed, based on basic … Continue reading