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Austrian scientists raised microbes on rock from Mars: photo

Scientists from Vienna were able to grow extremophile microbes on a rock from Mars – they are able to live and reproduce in almost any extreme conditions. For the experiment, they used a piece of crushed Black Beauty meteorite, writes the media portal of the University of Vienna.

“We acted rather boldly – we crushed several grams of Martian stone to try to recreate one of the possible types of the ancient and simplest life form on Mars,” said one of the scientists Tatyana Miloevich.

According to the researchers, most likely on Mars, if life could exist, then by the standards of the Earth it had the appearance of extremophiles.

As a result of the experiment, scientists were able to grow microbes, which later created a strong mineral shell, consisting of “complex phosphates of iron, manganese and aluminum.” Now, according to these signs, it will be possible to look for traces of life on Mars itself, the researchers noted.

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