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New Evidence For An Ancient Ocean On Mars

by Keith Cowing

Caltech researchers have identified geological features on Mars that could point to the existence of a long-dried ocean that once covered a third of the Red Planet’s surface.

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From Asgard to Earth: Tiny Discoveries Hold Clues To Life’s Greatest Leap

by Keith Cowing

Stromatolites – and their close relatives, microbial mats – could be mistaken for what seems like a bunch of old dark rocks. But instead, they are dense, layered communities of […]

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Key Drivers Of Recurrent Extinction In The Triassic

by Keith Cowing

Mass extinctions are extremely catastrophic events on Earth. Throughout Earth’s evolutionary history, numerous mass extinctions have occurred, with five major mass extinctions being particularly representative.

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Chemical Evidence Of Ancient Life Detected In 3.3 billion-year-old Rocks

by Keith Cowing

Pairing cutting-edge chemistry with artificial intelligence, a multidisciplinary team of scientists today published fresh chemical evidence of Earth’s earliest life – concealed in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks – and molecular evidence that […]

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Evidence Of Ancient Underground Water Reveals Mars May Have Stayed Habitable Longer Than Believed

by Keith Cowing

Scientists from New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have uncovered new evidence that water once flowed beneath the surface of Mars, revealing that the planet may have remained habitable for […]

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Artificial Intelligence-Enhanced Detection of Biogenicity Using Laboratory Specimens of Biologically and Microbially Induced Sedimentary Structures in a Controlled Experiment

by Keith Cowing

The search for traces of life can be based on the detection of specific signatures produced by microorganisms on sedimentary rocks.

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