{"id":265551,"date":"2024-11-29T14:11:37","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T14:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/life-on-mars-could-be-surviving-in-an-area-deep-underground\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:10:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:10:19","slug":"life-on-mars-could-be-surviving-in-an-area-deep-underground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/29\/life-on-mars-could-be-surviving-in-an-area-deep-underground\/","title":{"rendered":"Life on Mars could be surviving in an area deep underground"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"ArticleImage\">\n<div class=\"Image__Wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" width=\"1350\" height=\"900\" alt=\"Image of Mars showing the Acidalia Planitia as a darker region towards the top right\" 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1600w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/28161034\/SEI_217369945.jpg?width=1674 1674w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/28161034\/SEI_217369945.jpg?width=1700 1700w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/28161034\/SEI_217369945.jpg?width=1800 1800w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/28161034\/SEI_217369945.jpg?width=1900 1900w, https:\/\/images.newscientist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/28161034\/SEI_217369945.jpg?width=2006 2006w\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-image-context=\"Article\" data-image-id=\"2458292\" data-caption=\"The Acidalia Planitia, the darker region towards the top right of this image of Mars, may host bacteria deep beneath its rocky surface\" data-credit=\"NASA\/JPL\/USGS\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"ArticleImageCaption\">\n<div class=\"ArticleImageCaption__CaptionWrapper\">\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Title\">The Acidalia Planitia, the darker region towards the top right of this image of Mars, may host bacteria deep beneath its rocky surface<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleImageCaption__Credit\">NASA\/JPL\/USGS<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>A specific area on Mars has been identified as a potential location for current life \u2013 with the organisms living far beneath the surface.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/webgrec.ub.edu\/webpages\/000011\/ang\/abutturini.ub.edu.html\">Andrea Butturini<\/a> at the University of Barcelona and his colleagues investigated possible locations on Mars that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/2441678-mars-rover-found-a-rock-with-possible-signs-of-ancient-life\/\">could host living organisms,<\/a> focusing on areas that might have the right amounts of water, heat and energy necessary for life to exist.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a 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