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The 2-billion-year-old mafic rock from the Bushveld Igneous Complex revealed that indigenous microbes (stained green) are colonizing veins filled with clay minerals. Image credit: Suzuki et al., doi: 10.1007/s00248-024-02434-8.

Microbiologists Find Living Microbes in 2-Billion-Year-Old Rock

Oct 3, 2024 by News Staff

Researchers from the University of Tokyo and elsewhere have found pockets of living microbes in mineral-filled veins within 2-billion-year-old rock from...

This MAHLI image shows a tighter view of the flower-like rock artifact. Image credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSS.

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds ‘Coral’ on Mars

Mar 3, 2022 by Enrico de Lazaro

The Mars Hand Lens Imager on NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has imaged a flower-like rock artifact in the Gale crater on Mars. This image from the MAHLI...