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"We proved that our instrument is capable of detecting signatures of life in gypsum," he added, suggesting it might help do ...

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Scientists may finally have a way to detect ancient life on Mars by studying microbial fossils preserved in sulfate minerals.

Gypsum from Algeria stood in for Martian sulfate deposits However ... and cause some of the material to ablate and ionize. These ions are then fed into a mass spectrometer, accelerated, and ...

Scientists recently tested it on Earth by examining gypsum deposits in Algeria, which are similar to Martian sulfate minerals. The result? Fossilized microbial filaments, along with biosignatures ...

Scientists have now successfully tested a miniature laser-powered mass spectrometer that could be taken into space, identifying traces of microbial fossils in gypsum deposits on Earth which formed ...

"Our findings provide a methodological framework for detecting biosignatures in Martian sulfate minerals ... and are now thought to be sulfur-oxidizing bacteria like Beggiatoa.

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