NASA may have accidentally killed evidence of alien life on Mars in its first-ever experiment on the Red Planet, an expert has claimed. The delicate forms of life that could have easily been over-watered or over-heated, according to Dirk Schulze-Makuch, a professor at the Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Technical University Berlin and […]
Thiophenes, organic compounds found on Earth in coal, crude oil, and white truffles, were recently discovered on Mars, and astrobiologists think their presence would be consistent with the presence of early life on Mars. Dirk Schulze‑Makuch, WSU adjunct professor in the School of the
For the first time, researchers have seen life rebounding in the world’s driest desert, demonstrating that it could also be lurking in the soils of Mars. Led by Washington State University planetary scientist Dirk Schulze-Makuch, an international team studied the driest corner of South America’s Atacama Desert, where decades pass without any rain. Scientists have […]
School of the Environment’s Dirk Schulze-Makuch and a colleague suggest lifting unnecessary and expensive environmental restrictions — on Mars. Rethinking: read the article at WSU News UPDATE – It’s OK, Infect Mars With Our Germs Read the related story at Discovery News UPDATE – Is NASA Being Too Protective of Mars? Writing in Nature Geoscience, Alberto […]
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