May 08, 2021 01:51 PM EDT
If life is ever discovered on another planet it would likely be the biggest news of thousands of years, and you'd anticipate the proof to be released in a highly distinguished journal like Science or Nature.
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Mushrooms on Mars?
So, when a study that insists there are mushrooms growing on Mars appear in an unclear and largely doubted publication, you have to be very cynical.
A preprint of a new study came online earlier this week, with the scandalizing title Fungi on Mars? Evidence of Growth and Behavior From Sequential Images.
Sadly, the paper is ready for release in the journal Advances in Microbiology, which is included in the portfolio of Scientific Research Publishing (SCIRP).