Scientists find ancient life on the planet Mars

PARIS – Scientists discover ancient life forms Mars that changes the atmosphere of the planet. This research was revealed by French scientists on Monday 10 October 2022.

As reported by The Sun Thursday (13/10/2022), they claim that ancient Mars may have had an environment capable of hosting an underworld full of microscopic organisms.

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But if they existed, these simple life forms would alter the atmosphere so profoundly that they trigger the Martian Ice Age and shut down the planet.

Lead researcher and postdoctoral researcher at the Sorbonne University, Boris Sauterey and his team used climate and soil models to assess the habitability of the Mars crust 4.1 billion years ago, when the Red Planet was full. water and much friendlier than it is today.

The results show that hydrogenotrophs can reproduce in soil, but even if the microbes emit methane, a greenhouse gas, they will eat hydrogen which also has a warming effect.

In just 100,000-500,000 years, bacterial activity could alter the Martian climate, creating a cooling effect that could have pushed the global average temperature from around 60 degrees Fahrenheit to 10 degrees below zero.

This study concludes, crust Mars it may have provided a favorable environment for microbial life, and the porous regolith saturated with salt water would have created a physical space protected from ultraviolet and cosmic radiation.

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