Posted on 05/29/2019 6:25:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin
A rover scanning the surface of Mars for evidence of life might want to check for rocks that look like pasta, researchers report in the journal Astrobiology.
The bacterium that controls the formation of such rocks on Earth is ancient and thrives in harsh environments that are similar to conditions on Mars, said University of Illinois geology professor Bruce Fouke, who led the new, NASA-funded study.
"It has an unusual name, Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonense," he said.
The bacterium that controls the formation of such rocks on Earth is ancient and thrives in harsh environments that are similar to conditions on Mars, said University of Illinois geology professor Bruce Fouke, who led the new, NASA-funded study.
"It has an unusual name, Sulfurihydrogenibium yellowstonense," he said.
And because it catalyzes the formation of crystalline rock formations that look like layers of pasta, it would be a relatively easy life form to detect on other planets...
"These Sulfuri cables look amazingly like fettuccine pasta, while further downstream they look more like capellini pasta," Fouke said. The researchers used sterilized pasta forks to collect their samples from Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.
(Excerpt) Read more at phys.org ...
Interesting. Let’s take a look.
Look near meatball mountain.
Those weird guys on Youtube think life and rubble is everywhere on Mars, and don’t forget the little people running around
Fettuccine would be interesting but lasagna would be a slam dunk.
Farfalle is my alfredo pasta.
Ping.
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funny posts here :)
When I was a kid pasta was spaghetti or macaroni. Now there are 57 varieties!
Wait a minit!
Anyone who eats ‘Fettuccine’ has to live on Mars?!!?
But I like Italian food.
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