We may be looking for Martian life in the wrong place

Schulze-Makuch, Dirk

doi:10.1038/s41550-024-02381-x

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We may be looking for Martian life in the wrong place

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Schulze-Makuch, Dirk
3.7 Geomicrobiology, 3.0 Geochemistry, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

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Schulze-Makuch, D. (2024): We may be looking for Martian life in the wrong place. - Nature Astronomy, 8, 1208-1210.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02381-x

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In hyperarid environments, life can obtain
water through salts that draw moisture from
the atmosphere. These salts, then, should
be a focus of searches for life on Mars. The
experiments performed by NASA’s Viking
landers may have accidentally killed Martian
life by applying too much water.