UNL discovery has implications for finding life on Earth, Mars
Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 06:01
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org) -- Moqui marbles, unusual balls of rock that can be found rolling around the southwestern U.S. sandstone regions, were formed roughly 2 million years ago with the help of microorganisms. This discovery by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln research team has implications for finding life on Mars and for better understanding Earth's past.