Extraterrestrial
Life on Mars may have lived underground
By
T.K. RandallNovember 7, 2011 ·
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Image Credit: NASA
A new NASA report suggests life on Mars may have been most likely to be found underground.
"The most stable Mars habitats over long durations appear to have been in the subsurface," said lead author Bethany Ehlmann. Recent findings based on years of mapping the minerals on the planet's surface indicate that life may have once existed underground and that the possibility exists that conditions may still be right for it now.
The study, which examined different types of clays on the Martian surface, indicates that the most promising environments were likely subterranean – or, more probably, sub-Martian.
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