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December 8, 2012

Save the Martian Microbes!

C. Carberry & A. Westenberg, Huffington Post


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Speculation about life on Mars has been rampant this fall. Rumors that the Mars Curiosity Rover may have found evidence of life on Mars have surfaced twice in the past few weeks. The most recent rumor started when a member of the Curiosity team was quoted as saying that they had collected data that was "Earthshaking" and "one for the history books."

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TAGGED: Politics, mars, alien life, curiosity (rover)

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