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Martian Microbe Fossils, Not So Debunked Anymore

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-raining-little-green-men dept.

rubycodez writes "Three meteorites, including one that has been in a British museum for over a century, are going to be put under the electron microscope and ion microprobe by NASA. We're 'very, very close to proving there is or has been life [on Mars],' said David McKay, chief of astrobiology at Johnson Space Center."

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  1. undebunked? by Bastard+of+Subhumani · · Score: 4, Funny

    Undebunked? Rebunked? Or just bunked?

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    1. Re:undebunked? by wanerious · · Score: 5, Funny

      Bedunkedunked

    2. Re:undebunked? by Tablizer · · Score: 4, Funny

      Undebunkificated. - G.W.Bush

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  2. Re:Cannot prove by lxs · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the baby Jesus put those "microbes" there to relax after a hard day of burying fake dinosaur bones.

  3. Re:My psychic prediction by Em+Emalb · · Score: 5, Funny

    Woah woah woah! Hold the phone. What do you mean unicorns don't exist?

    WTH is this thing then?

    http://zuill.us/andreablog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/uni-corn-lrg1.jpg

    Answer me that, smarty pants! ;-P

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