Simulated Mission in Chilean Desert Shows How a Rover Could Detect Life on Mars
By using the barren Atacama Desert in Chile as a stand-in for Mars, researchers have shown that it’s possible to use an autonomous rover-mounted drill to detect…
Tag: Astrobiology
Freaky Eight-Letter DNA Could Be the Stuff Aliens Are Made Of
Conventional DNA is comprised of the familiar A, C, G, and T base pairs, but a newly created genetic system is packed with eight, thus doubling the…