That doesnt completely rule out the possibility that bacteria may exist on Mars. I cant speak for life in the past, co-author Jennifer Wadsworth tells Sample. As far as present life, it doesnt rule it out but probably means we should look for life underground where its shielded from the harsh
"Our findings have important implications for the possible contamination of Mars with bacteria and other materials from space missions," said Jennifer Wadsworth from Edinburgh's School of Physics and Astronomy.
Date: Jul 08, 2017
Category: Science
Source: Google
Mars covered in toxic chemicals that can wipe out living organisms, tests reveal
there. The most hospitable environment may lie two or three metres beneath the surface where the soil and any organisms are shielded from intense radiation. At those depths, its possible Martian life may survive, said Jennifer Wadsworth, a postgraduate astrobiologist at Edinburgh University.
But the new study, by Jennifer Wadsworth and Charles Cockell both of the U.K. Centre for Astrobiology at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland paints perchlorates in a different light. The researchersexposed the bacterium Bacillus subtilis, a common spacecraft contaminant, to perchlor
To determine whether the compound is a good thing or a bad thing for life, postgraduate student Jennifer Wadsworth and professor Charles Cockell, both of the University of Edinburgh's School of Physics and Astronomy, decided to create a little bit of Mars in the lab to see if a type of common Earthl