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Alien life could survive in Mars ice for 50 million years. Here's what it means for future missions | A team of scientists say their study shows fragments of molecules that make up proteins in E. coli bacteria, if present in Mars’s permafrost and ice caps, could survive for over 50 million years.


Ancient microbes or their remains could be found intact in Martian ice deposits after 50 million years, according to a study.

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