Breakthrough in search for life on Mars with Curiosity
Observations collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover over 3.5 years have revealed that oxygen levels in an ancient Martian lake differed between shallow and deep water. The discovery is a step toward better understanding whether Mars was ever able to support life, as this type of environment could have created ‘multiple opportunities for different types of microbes to survive.’ Scroll down for video The layered rock at the site of the stratified lake, indicates the shallow water at Gale Lake was richer in oxidants than deeper water. This means it could have sustained different types of lifeforms at once, the researchers say WHAT THEY FOUND The layered rock at the site of the stratified lake, indicates the shallow water at Gale Lake was richer in oxidants than deeper water. ‘These oxidation states would be controlled by the dissolved oxygen content of the water.’ Observations collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover over 3.5 years have revealed that oxygen levels in an ancient Martian lake differed between shallow and deep water.
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