Microbes That Breathe Rust? Discover Martian Life! #shorts
Astronomy Daily: Space News UpdatesSeptember 12, 202500:00:28

Microbes That Breathe Rust? Discover Martian Life! #shorts

Microbes are breathing rust using iron and sulfate instead of oxygen. They eat rust and sulfate to survive. The mineral signatures we're seeing on Mars are exactly what one would expect to find as waste products from this kind of biological activity. #microbes #rust #Mars #biology #science