Life on Mars?

December 07, 2006

USU researcher Linda Powers went to South America’s Atacama Desert with NASA to collect soil samples. Because of the desert’s similarity to Mars, scientists are trying to figure out what lives in the soil in this extreme environment. What scientists find in the soil samples will be used as a starting point to figure out what might be, or may have been, living on Mars.

For more information, contact USU engineering professor Linda Powers, 435-797-2033.

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