Bacterium from Canadian High Arctic Offers Clues to Possible Life On Mars

[Guest Tibbz2]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130523113802.htm

 

The temperature in the permafrost on Ellesmere Island in the Canadian high Arctic is nearly as cold as that of the surface of Mars. So the recent discovery by a McGill University led team of scientists of a bacterium that is able to thrive at -15ºC, the coldest temperature ever reported for bacterial growth, is exciting. The bacterium offers clues about some of the necessary preconditions for microbial life on both the Saturn moon Enceladus and Mars, where similar briny subzero conditions are thought to exist.

 

More promising results, still not sure about life still being on Mars as it's so unlikely, but more good evidence to support the course is never bad!

Edited May 24, 2013 by Tibbz2