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Curiosity finds complex organic traces in 3 billion year old mudflats on Mars
Posted in Science on 9th Jun, 2018
by Alex Muller
While not necessarily evidence of life itself, these findings are a good sign for future missions exploring the planets surface and subsurface.
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Origins of land plants pushed back in time
Posted in Science on 20th Feb, 2018
by Alex Muller
A seminal event in the Earth's history - when plants appeared on land - may have happened 100 million years earlier than previously thought.
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Oldest fossils ever found suggest life in the universe is common
Posted in Science on 25th Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller
Unexpectedly complex microbes found in a nearly 3.5-billion-year-old rock imply that life can begin and evolve more quickly than previously thought.
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Living on thin air: microbe mystery solved
Posted in Science on 25th Dec, 2017
by Alex Muller
A discovery that microbes in Antarctica can scavenge gas from the air to stay alive in extreme conditions has implications for the search for life on other planets.
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Nearby planet is a target in search for life
Posted in Science on 15th Nov, 2017
by Alex Muller
Astronomers have found a cool, Earth-sized planet that's relatively close to our Solar System.