Mars could be teeming with glowing green microbes, according to researchers who found the bacteria living in volcanic rocks deep beneath the ocean floor. 'I am now almost over-expecting I can find life on Mars', said Suzuki. 'If not, it must be life relies on some other process that Mars does not have, like plate tectonics.' Adding: 'Clay minerals are like a magic material on Earth - if you can find clay minerals, you can almost always find microbes living in them.' The clay minerals filling cracks in deep ocean rocks are likely similar to the minerals that may be in rocks now on the surface of Mars.

Source: Daily Mail April 02, 2020 09:02 UTC