Mars covered in toxic chemicals that can wipe out living organisms, tests reveal

Posted by hdivider on Thursday July 06, 2017 @05:03PM
from the theguardian.com dept.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jul/06/mars-covered-in-toxic-chemicals-that-can-wipe-out-living-organisms-tests-reveal

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Re:Mars covered in toxic chemicals that can wipe out living ... by hdivider on Thursday July 06, 2017 @06:50PM (#14714595)

Any biochemist here who can pitch in? Can you imagine any kind of life surviving in an environment filled with hypochlorites, chlorites, iron oxides and hydrogen peroxide?

(Hard question maybe. You tell me.)

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Re:Mars covered in toxic chemicals that can wipe out living ... by perilunar on Thursday July 06, 2017 @09:52PM (#14715452)

> The chances of anything coming from Mars have taken a downward turn

Nice The War of the Worlds reference.

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Re:Mars covered in toxic chemicals that can wipe out living ... by becga on Thursday July 06, 2017 @11:29PM (#14715808)

nuclear fallout. there is an excellent book called death on mars.

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