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ALERT: Martian soil from Viking may contain life *PIC*

Posted By: George J. Haas
Date: Sunday, 26 August 2007, at 8:39 a.m.

Study: Martian soil may contain life

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The soil on Mars may contain microbial life, according to a new interpretation of data first collected more than 30 years ago.

Joop Houtkooper of the University of Giessen, Germany, said on Friday the 1976 Viking spacecraft may in fact have found signs of a weird life form based on hydrogen peroxide on the subfreezing, arid Martian surface.

His analysis of one of the experiments carried out by the Viking spacecraft suggests that 0.1 percent of the Martian soil could be of biological origin.

Link to full story:
http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/08/23/mars.soil.life.reut/index.html

GJH

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ALERT: Martian soil from Viking may contain life *PIC*
George J. Haas -- Sunday, 26 August 2007, at 8:39 a.m.

Re: ALERT: Martian soil from Viking may contain li
Starjim -- Sunday, 26 August 2007, at 4:14 p.m.