Sunday, September 16, 2007

Life on Mars: Popular Culture & Scientific Studies

http://intranet.dalton.org/departments/Science/Astro/planets/Mars/aliens.htm

"The idea of life on Mars isn't just supported by some good action packed martian movies, but is supported and explored by scientists and the government. An examination of a meteorite found in Antarctica and believed to be from Mars shows: 1) hydrocarbons which are the same as breakdown products of dead micro-organisms on Earth, 2) mineral phases consistent with by-products of bacterial activity, and 3) tiny carbonate globules which may be microfossils of the primitive bacteria, all within a few hundred-thousandths of an inch of each other."

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