Hot spring in Chile may show where to look for life traces on Mars
Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 10:01
in Astronomy & Space
Two geoscientists at Arizona State University have made a discovery among hot springs in Chile that may spur scientists to revisit a location on Mars explored several years ago by NASA's Spirit rover. The discovery involves fingerlike structures that form in the hot spring deposits by processes that combine biological and non-biological activity.