False fossils could hamper search for life on Mars
Chemical processes could mimic signs of extraterrestrial life, study says.
If you’re an interplanetary alien hunter scouring the red expanses of Mars for signs of life, you’re more likely to c...
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Earliest life found in ancient Aussie rocks
The Pilbara’s stromatolites finally give up their secret.
Australian scientists have unearthed traces of the oldest life form ever found in 3.5 billion-year-old rocks in Weste...
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Going to Mars? See Australia first
Scientists hone their research skills on ancient fossils.
Scientists supporting both NASA's upcoming Mars 2020 mission and the European-Russian ExoMars mission have just spent...
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Evidence for earliest Earth life is just rocks
Analysis of purported 3.7-billion-year-old fossils is incorrect.
Structures claimed to be evidence of the earliest life on Earth may not be biological in origin after all, a re-exami...
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Ancient lifeform discovered in Tasmania
Rare freshwater stromatolites found in UN-protected zone.
A previously unknown type of stromatolite – rare and ancient biological structures that first evolved around 3.7 bill...
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Looking for microbes on Mars
Scientists are fossicking in our planet’s most unearthly places to practise searching for life on...
As I step out of the lift shaft I’m hit by a roaring, warm, dry wind. The air tastes salty and, as my eyes adjust to ...