A team of geologists at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, the Institute of Space Sciences and the Shandong ...

More information: Yohey Suzuki et al, Submicron-scale detection of microbes and smectite from the interior of a Mars-analogue basalt sample by optical-photothermal infrared spectroscopy ...

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More recently, all eyes are on Mars, as multiple sample return missions are being ... detect microbial cells in the 100-million-year-old basalt rock we use as the Martian analogue.

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Basalt Elementary School is celebrating 30 years of its Dual Language Program, a model that has helped shape generations of bilingual learners through equal instruction in English and Spanish. The ...

In the next decade, space agencies plan to bring rock samples from Mars to Earth. But what if these rocks contain alien microbes? Scientists are taking this concern seriously, as any unknown life ...