Scientists fear oxidants make Mars uninhabitable

Static electricity generated on the dry surface of Mars by the periodic dust storms that blanket the planet may have built up corrosive oxidants in the soil over time to concentrations that would kill off "life as we know it," according to one member of a research team that reached the stark...

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