The overachieving rovers have done it again. Spirit, while working on a plateau called Home Plate, has discovered a patch of almost pure silica (i.e. glass). The current thinking is that the patch came from hot springs coming up from underground or a fumarole where acidic steam comes. On Earth, these hot springs are always covered in microbial life.
Not conclusive but all the evidence seem to point toward life.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Evidence for Past Life on Mars
Posted by Dan Schrimpsher at 8:56 AM
Labels: Mars, Planetary Science
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