Pay Dirt: Martian Soil Fit for Earthly Life [News]

Thursday, June 26, 2008 - 19:07 in Astronomy & Space

Martian soil around NASA's Phoenix Lander is slightly alkaline and has enough different minerals that it could support Earthly plants and--more to the point--microbes beneath the Martian surface, according to the first results from the probe's wet chemistry experiment released today. [More]

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