This process suggests that if microbes ever existed on Mars, their fossils could be similarly preserved in Martian gypsum deposits ... fossils of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria. These fossilized ...

If organisms once dwelled in the bygone Martian oceans ... that hardened and trapped ancient bacteria as fossils within their layers. Much of the ancient water on Mars likely also evaporated ...

They are now thought to be sulfur-oxidizing bacteria like ... of clay and dolomite in Martian gypsum in addition to other biosignatures, this could be a key signal of fossilized life.

Several years ago researchers showed that magnetite crystals contained within the Martian meteorite ALH84001 exhibited characteristics similar to crystals synthesized by magnetotactic bacteria on ...

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have developed a bacteria-based technique to repair bricks that can be ...

Scientists were excited to discover that Martian soil produced ... of the globules look like tiny fossilized nannobacteria, which may be similar to early Earth bacteria. After reading the summary ...