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NASA Believes Organic Salts ‘Likely Present’ on Mars – ExtremeTech
NASA believes organic salts are likely present on Mars — and there’s further evidence for perchlorates as well.
NASA has announced that certain organic salts are “likely present” on Mars. While this is not proof that organic life once existed on the surface of the Red Planet, it illustrates that the appropriate types of chemical reactions likely once took place on Mars’ surface.
The organic salts NASA thinks Curiosity detected don’t just speak to the planet’s current habitability, they have implications for how habitable Mars is now as well. While the immediate answer might seem to be obvious — Mars won’t…
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