Could life survive on Mars? Yes, expert says

Friday, June 4, 2010 - 13:23 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Researchers have discovered that methane-eating bacteria survive in a highly unique spring located on Axel Heiberg Island in Canada's extreme North. Microbiologists explain that the Lost Hammer spring supports microbial life, that the spring is similar to possible past or present springs on Mars, and that therefore they too could support life.

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