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Life on Mars

06/27/2018 / By Edsel Cook

The search for life on Mars by the ESA reaches important milestone as ExoMars Rover prepares for its “shake and bake”

The prototype of the ExoMars Rover is being prepared for vibration and temperature tests in France. The upcoming “shake and bake” test is a big step for the European Space Agency’s mission to seek out any form of life on Mars, an article on Reuters states. The Structural Thermal Model was recently completed in Stevenage, a town […]

06/04/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Study of microbes from extreme habitats may aid search for life on Mars

Deserts are among the most inhospitable places on Earth. Yet, nestled under sun-soaked, rocky valleys, life exists. These minute, photosynthetic organisms are known as hypolithic cyanobacteria or simply hypoliths, and they’ve managed to survive in the most unwelcoming of places. This uncanny ability to shrug off conditions that would doom most animals and plants isn’t […]

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