FOR KIDS: Martian microbes, maybe
Billions of years ago, Mars could have been teeming with very small Martians
Web edition: March 22, 2013
Billions of years ago, Mars could have been teeming with very small Martians
By Stephen Ornes
Web edition: March 22, 2013
The first sample of Martian rock drilled by the rover Curiosity. The rock offers evidence microbes could have lived on Mars.
Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, MSSS
In February, NASA?s Curiosity rover made history when it plunged a drill into the Martian surface to collect a powdery rock sample. Scientists now say that those bits of rock show the Red Planet may have been able to support?life ? billions of years ago, anyway.
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Citations
A. Grant. Life-friendly environment confirmed on Mars. Science News Online. March 12, 2013. [Go to]
Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/349147/title/FOR_KIDS_Martian_microbes_maybe
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