Tannir48
Tannir48 t1_iu029ri wrote
Pretty annoying to see people discounting these articles.
The point of the study is to demonstrate that life could have 1) existed and 2) could still exist on Mars with realistic parameters, likely in the immediate or deep subsurface depending on the location and microbe. This was successfully demonstrated with a particular bacteria surviving for up to 280 million years in the subsurface. This helps illustrate possible risks and discoveries possible on Mars.
Tannir48 t1_iu16ypf wrote
Reply to comment by Bensemus in Ancient microbes may have survived below Mars' surface - CNN by GullyShotta
What I wrote is literally what I ascertained from reading the article. People are just clowning cause the headline is a little clickbait