Monday, July 03, 2006

Desert Varnish Might Be a Clue for Life on Mars

The research, published in the July edition of the journal Geology, reveals that the dark coating known as desert varnish creates a record of life around it, by binding traces of DNA, amino acids and other organic compounds to desert rocks. Samples of Martian desert varnish could therefore show whether there has been life on Mars at any stage over the last 4.5 billion years.


I have an intuitive certainty that there's life on Mars now. If only giant Transformers would quit stomping our rovers!

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