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Study: Martian Soil Has Signs of Life

Posted by samzenpus on from the look-again dept.

geoffrobinson writes "Reuters is reporting that a scientist from Germany believes Viking probe data shows signs of life. From the article: "Joop Houtkooper of the University of Giessen, Germany, said on Friday the spacecraft may in fact have found signs of a weird life form based on hydrogen peroxide on the subfreezing, arid Martian surface. His analysis of one of the experiments carried out by the Viking spacecraft suggests that 0.1 percent of the Martian soil could be of biological origin.""

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  1. Re:Hang on... by ArcherB · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Viking probe data shows signs of life. So the Viking probe data is ALIVE?!!! No, just the data.
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  2. Peroxide? by gwoodrow · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Killer Blondes from Outer Space!

  3. Re:How many more articles.... by ozmanjusri · · Score: 0, Redundant
    The only way to prove there's life is to get a container, identify what we think is alive, and watch it reproduce.

    By that standard, a Viking landing on Slashdot planet would find no sign of life.

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  4. Hydrogen Peroxide Based Life? by some+old+guy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Ye gods, a planet populated exclusively by blondes!

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  5. Re:IF its proven.. by msevior · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "it is mind boggling that people actually think we are the only ones in the universe [especially when Mars and Europa could have or had life."

    To quote Enrico Fermi, "So where are they then?"

    They've had billions of years to find earth, but there is no evidence whatsoever of them.