08 January 2020
New technique on finding oxygen could help find alien life
... that allows scientists to detect oxygen more clearly. Oxygen is essential for life as we know it. On Earth organisms such as algae, plants and trees convert molecules such as carbon dioxide (CO2) into oxygen (O2) – molecular oxygen, O2, and atomic...
28 September 2020
String of underground lakes found under Mars' South Pole
... observations so far. The prospect of a string of underground salty lakes is tantalising, as despite the high salinity, several forms of algae and even brine shrimp and brine flies can tolerate these conditions on Earth; although martian microbes...
01 October 2019
Life on Mars: what to know before we go
... seem de rigeur for any Mars book, the author gets down to the science of “Chlorophyll, Lichens and Algae”, Mars meteorites and methane. On methane, which “packs a very powerful astrobiological punch”, he explains that almost none...
20 July 2020
Satellite technology supports project to replace soy in livestock feed
... surface, reducing oxygen in the water by inhibiting both diffusion and photosynthetic production, to the detriment of any fish or algae. However, duckweed is rich in protein and it grows incredibly fast, doubling in biomass every two days. The...
