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Planetologists believe that the simplest microorganisms are likely to be in the Martian water.
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology have concluded that water on Mars is almost ideal for the birth of life - there is enough oxygen in it not only for the survival of microbes, but also for the existence of multicellular creatures, writes the journal Nature. According to recent chemical analysis of the soil, enough oxygen can be accumulated in the waters of the surface layers of Mars, even though the atmosphere is almost completely absent.
To such conclusions, scientists helped the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft to arrive - a multifunctional automatic station in orbit around the planet. Thanks to special measurement tools, scientists found out that the Martian water, rich in alkali, contains about 32 mg of oxygen per cubic meter of water. This amount, according to scientists, is enough not only for the existence of bacteria, but also for the development of the simplest multicellular creatures, such as sponges.