Said John Parnell, a professor of geochemistry laboratory Scottish Aberdeen University, that it was better to detect signs of life in the huge crater of the volcano known as "McLaughlin Crater" on the surface of Mars.
Parnell described in the report, which was published the day before yesterday the journal Nature Geoscience how the crater formed by a meteor that hit the surface of Mars, scientists values, and throwing rocks to the top of a volatile several kilometers. He said that the rock appears to be a vehicle of clay minerals that have changed due to the water, a key element to support life.
"It is also possible to be very close to discovering if there is, or was there life on Mars. We know from studies that a large proportion of all forms of life on Earth are also present in the ground, and through McLaughlin Crater study we can see similar conditions beneath the surface of Mars, thanks to the notes on the rocks raised by the meteor strike. "
And went on Parnell "It is possible that there will be life on Mars because it is submerged by radiation and completely frozen. However, life in the core can be protected from this. And there is no reason why there are no bacteria or other germs that are still living in the small cracks beneath the surface of Mars. "
He added, "Among the other things that we discussed in our research is that these bacteria can feed on hydrogen, and this is exactly the same as also do the microbes beneath the surface of the Earth. Unfortunately, we can find no evidence of the presence of animals, where the most complex form of life may be found in the ground will be fungus. but even the fungus is not all that far removed from the plants and animals, and so I think to say that the possibility of life on Mars can be complex but small. "
Mr. Parnell is believed that although the task ahead of Mars will have a pattern of what to study the possibilities of life under the surface, but he says the new study suggests that the search around the edges of the volcanic drilling will be easier and more useful.
"What I actually do is to emphasize that if we will delve into life on Mars, we need to dive beneath the surface. So we need to find the entrance to this matter. The entrance to do so may have been digging, and already will have the next European Commission to think about this but carefully drill will descend to about two meters only. "
"Although the drilling of two meters on the ground may be a breakthrough technology fantastic, but it's just scratching the surface. Therefore, the alternative is to take advantage of what provided to us by nature, and for this reason we are especially interested Bmcleolin Crater (nozzle huge volcano) we studied in our research. Because when falling meteor a big hole in the ground and throw rocks from the bottom of the hole to the outside of the crater to where we can go and take a sample of it. "
While craters on Mars may reveal secrets about the possibility of support for the life of the planet, has unveiled Professor Parnell also revealed results that can show us how life began on Earth.
He said Parnell "It is very easy to draw parallels between Mars form and the possibility of what it was ground at the beginning of its inception, because the rocks that we see on the ground now has recycled a lot in ways that are not recycled by the Mars. Mars is not doing things like erosion and changes in the Sierras to destroy vital evidence from the past. thus, the study of drilling Martian meteorite may provide us already evidence of how the emergence of the earth. "
He went on saying, "Although we all live on the surface of the earth, but that life did not originate here, but in fact originated in the ground. Once life began to take shape under the surface until I started expands gradually appear on the surface. In fact there is a lot of life beneath the surface of our planet to the point We we really unique character who lives on her back. "
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