Phoenix finds hospitable, Earth-like soil

The Phoenix Mars lander, in its first series of soil chemistry tests, has discovered that Martian soil is remarkably Earth-like and could support a wide array of plants and organisms. “I am flabbergasted by this data,” says Samuel Kounaves from Tufts University, the lead investigator on the Phoenix...

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