Never-before-seen microbes in Arctic could aid search for life on Mars - Interesting Engineering

The researchers found that the microorganisms can survive by eating and breathing simple inorganic compounds of a kind that have been detected on Mars, such as methane and carbon dioxide.

McGill researchers studied the extremely salty, very cold, and almost oxygen-free environment under the permafrost of Lost Hammer Spring in Canada’s High Arctic to search for life. Why? Because that … [+4067 chars]

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