A new study finds the driest desert on Earth harbors microbial communities so resilient that astrobiologists treat its soil as the working benchmark for what life on Mars might look like. The post A hidden layer of microbial life has been found beneath the Atacama Desert, and it may be the closest Earth can get to rehearsing the search for life on Mars appeared first on Space Daily .
A hidden layer of microbial life has been found beneath the Atacama Desert, and it may be the closest Earth can get to rehearsing the search for life on Mars
