Ancient Mars had right conditions for underground life, new research suggests
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 - 04:30
in Earth & Climate
A new study shows evidence that ancient Mars probably had an ample supply of chemical energy for microbes to thrive underground. “We showed, based on basic physics and chemistry calculations, that the ancient Martian subsurface likely had enough dissolved hydrogen to power a global subsurface biosphere,” said Jesse Tarnas, a graduate student at Brown University […]