New research from McGill University has discovered alive and active microbes in Canadian permafrost that could provide a blueprint for the kinds of life fo | Space
Researchers from McGill University have discovered microbes in a spring in Arctic Canada that has such unique conditions, it could allow for better understanding of the kind of life that may be possible on Mars.
"We have this really cool, super salty, very cold and very oxygen limited environment
Scientists show how microbes living in a salty spring near the North Pole might resemble those that could have survived on the Red Planet or in ocean worlds.
The researchers found that the microorganisms can survive by eating and breathing simple inorganic compounds of a kind that have been detected on Mars, such as methane and carbon dioxide.