Phoenix discovers potential food source in soil
Tests by the Phoenix Mars lander are being reoriented toward verification that Martian soil contains totally unexpected salts like those consumed on Earth by extreme life forms. The salts, called perchlorates, have been discovered in back-to-back wet chemistry runs by the Phoenix MECA (Microscopy...
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