What can evidence found from within a Timmins mine tell us about the theoretical existence of life on Mars? Can and do microbes exist in subterranean waters? What does all this mean for space exploration and perhaps the potential to one day inhabit another planet?
During her visit with us at Dynamic Earth, home of the Big Nickel in Sudbury, Dr. Barbara Sherwood Lollar shared her most recent scientific discovery on ancient waters and the possible connection it could have to life on Mars. Dr. Lollar is a geochemist, Director of the Stable Isotope Research Lab and Professor in the Earth Sciences Department, at the University of Toronto.
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